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Ask HN: MacBook Pro or Linux Alternatives?
3 points by edf13 on Jan 30, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
I'm ready for a new laptop and tempted to go back to Macbook Pro now that the new M2s are available...

Any similar powered Linux laptops I should look at?

It's purely a dev machine.



I bought a Xiaomi RedMiBook Pro 15" 2022 edition last summer. On Aliexpress no less. The machine was a steal at 1.2kEUR. I bought the maxed out config which is about 1.5k if you buy it e.g. via the Xiamomi shop instead [1]. There is excellent support for all hardware on Linux (and even a ICC profile) in [2]. I run System76's pop!_OS on it. Everything works dandy. The machine is a beast.

It has a 3.2k (!) res screen. Only 400nits but I find that's plenty for the lighting conditions I use it under. The case is milled from dark aluminum and is frequently mistaken for a MacBook. The build quality is top.

It's a Ryzen 6800H APU with built in Radeon and an NVIDIA GTX2050. It has 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.

It's the first non-Mac I bought in a decade after getting disappointed with macOS in recent years.

The only thing that isn't on par is the touchpad on Linux. On Windows it's very close so this is definitely a config issue. I may just have to spend some time with settings.

[1] https://www.xiaomihome.global/xiaomi-laptops/xiaomi-redmiboo...

[2] https://github.com/vrolife/modern_laptop


Thanks - that looks like the kind of alternitve that could work!




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