I previously used a work issued Dell laptop. A powerful machine. It was super irritating to use. The trackpad was too sensitive, would click with the slightest touch. The screen was poor to look at. The battery life was awful. Linux as a whole was fine to use, but I don't miss it.
Now use a MBP M1. I far prefer it. The trackpad is amazing. The keys a great. The battery life is way better. The screen is way better.
I intensely dislike Apple's practices and walled garden predatory approach, but their hardware is amazing.
cedws · 12h ago
I'll stay on a MacBook thanks.
I owned a Dell XPS that officially ships with Ubuntu, it was a dreadful experience. I had countless software issues. Hibernation, throttling, video acceleration, touchpad, all buggy. Not to mention the build quality of the laptop itself. I will never run Linux on a laptop again.
dsego · 12h ago
I've had good experience with linux on thinkpads. Booted kubuntu on a framework 13 recently, connected to wifi, all good. Ultimately, if you choose well supported hardware with good drivers, it should work fine, even better than windows. One should be picky about which laptop to buy, avoid broadcom wifi chips, avoid screen resolutions that require fractional scaling, etc.
westpfelia · 12h ago
That all sounds like a Dell problem.. I ran the same Mint intstall on a asus zenbook prime from 2012 to 2022. Thing was a champ.
Arnt · 12h ago
My Dell experience was also pretty bad, compared to e.g. my current Huawei laptop or a friend's Lenovo.
preisschild · 11h ago
Finally got my workplace to replace my MacBook Pro with a Framework 16 running Fedora Silverblue and couldn't be happier
Now use a MBP M1. I far prefer it. The trackpad is amazing. The keys a great. The battery life is way better. The screen is way better.
I intensely dislike Apple's practices and walled garden predatory approach, but their hardware is amazing.
I owned a Dell XPS that officially ships with Ubuntu, it was a dreadful experience. I had countless software issues. Hibernation, throttling, video acceleration, touchpad, all buggy. Not to mention the build quality of the laptop itself. I will never run Linux on a laptop again.