I鈥檓 sure I鈥檓 not the only one who feels Apple鈥檚 quality is degrading. I spend 10 hours a day on my laptop and would spend any amount of money within reason for a better one. However, everything comes with tradeoffs. My dream laptop is simple, a MacBook with Linux, supported by a company that is user aligned. The first idea is simple, put Linux on a MacBook. Asahi Linux is a good idea, however, it won鈥檛 ever be good. Apple is putting more and more stuff into closed source microcontrollers that have no documentation. Like jailbreaking, it may start off strong when people are excited, but support for the next generation and that last bit of polish won鈥檛 ever get there. While it got some impressive stuff like psychoacoustic bass (works on other machines too, I installed this on my ZBook), it lacks DP Alt Mode, meaning you can鈥檛 plug in a USB-C monitor. I don鈥檛 fault the Asahi people, Apple uses custom undocumented hardware to manage the USB ports, and reversing muxes seems boring. Additionally, like on almost all Linux laptops, the power management is bad. And even worse, there鈥檚 0 documentation from Apple on how to fix it, so despite it being super good on macOS, it鈥檚 one of the more annoying laptops to try to fix on Linux. At least if you have a laptop with AMD or Intel there鈥檚 some docs on power states. So with Apple out, we have to look for alternatives. I like so much about Framework as a company, straightforward, open source ethos, but they aren鈥檛 building the product I want. I don鈥檛 care one bit about upgradability or customizability. After a year or two, I鈥檓 happy to throw it out and buy a new one. It鈥檚 not like upgradability is a bad thing, but it usually comes with tradeoffs to weight and power draw, and I鈥檇 rather it all be in one solid package glued together. And I don鈥檛 like customizability because I like when all the testing and polish work is put into one configuration. Perhaps the Framework 16 will impress me; I shouldn鈥檛 judge until I use it. But I see ...
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