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Personal, Framework 11th gen running Manjaro/gnome. It’s pretty great with the exception of some issue with the touchpad which sometimes doesn’t detect left clicks. Not a huge problem, since I’m spending most of my time in the terminal, but still annoying.
I didn't get to choose much about my work device though. I was told to install whatever OS I want and "most of the team uses either a current Ubuntu LTS or a recent Debian", but I was free to install Windows or something entirely different as well
For the most important use, my personal use, I've had a series of 3 or 4 Dell latitudes running Arch linux. You can get refurbished new ish Dells at a decent price that work well with Linux.
I'm more comfortable with the Windows OS. But why is there not a single competitor to Mac in terms of build quality??
For my personal machine I've looked at alternatives to Apple but I haven't found anything that's better and cheaper. Music is my hobby and the dealbreaker for me is the state of DAWs on Windows and Linux. For whatever reason I find the latency intolerable when using anything other than GarageBand/Logic Pro on a Mac when using a cheap USB-based audio interface. Using Apple's software on Apple's hardware it just works and works quite well.
I absolutely hate this computer.
Originally, I was trying to decide between a Macbook Pro or a ThinkPad T-Series (with Arch Linux), but my partner convinced me that a Yoga has more to offer, since he loved his first gen Yoga.
The Yoga 260 feels fragile, the screen is yellow in some places (and had been from the beginning), the touch panel suffers constant phantom clicks, and the battery life is awful. Customer service at Lenovo is poor.
The main attraction to the Yoga 260 is the pen and the touch, which break each Windows update.
If I didn't need Windows for work, I'd put Arch on it and call it a day.
Home: Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro (the AMD one). Got it on sale last year at Costco. Runs Pop_OS! and it's not bad for a cheap ass laptop.