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> But I guess I am not in a big group.

Big enough that they specifically targeted that exact group with this laptop.

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Probably a small group but worth more money.
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M1 and M2 models run Asahi Linux, M3 and M4 don't run anything natively I think (but not entirely sure).
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M1 and M2 run Linux but don't expect usable battery life, Thunderbolt output or a few other niceties.
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Ah ofc I forgot. But iirc not everything works and battery life will probably suck, no? So not really a consideration in this case of price comparison. It is an option though :)

Personally I also can't stand the exterior design, albeit overall hardware of MBP is good. Guess if I land an old MBP this is what I'd do with it.

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How is Thunderbolt or display port alt mode support?
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Practically, if you have AppleCare you don't need to worry about repairability.
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I worry about e-waste and having AppleCare doesn't really help here.
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Would be super interested if any person on this planet uses this as the main driver.
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Yes its much less annoying than macos on my m1 macbook.
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I do, for work at least. Works nice aside from the lack of USB-C monitor (mine has a HDMI output so not a huge deal for me.)
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In the dev branch now! https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/

I will attempt to use Asahi as my daily driver once this is officially released.

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Not the M5.
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It eventually will. But OP never asked about M5 specifically.
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No, but OP was comparing the pricing of brand new laptops, so it was implied that they wouldn't be M1/M2 hence not supported by Asahi.
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AFAIK Asahi development needs some hypervisor features for reverse engineering macOS drivers that only exist on M1-M3 and were removed on M4+. So yeah, it may be several years until they get support (or never, if nobody steps up to do it).
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Eventually in this context might be 4+ years from now.
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I would love a MBP that ran Linux. I am not a fan of MacOS (though it's one of my two daily drivers).

What I really want is for other hardware vendors to catch up. I like Apple hardware but hate their software.

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On macbook you could emulate windows. Inside windows emulate linux. And it would still be much faster than this framework
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Name checks out.
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