[muragekibicho]

Exactly my predicament. My laptop reached EOL but I'm struggling to purchase a new one.

They're all bundled with AI features (I absolutely don't need) and never in my life will I buy a mac for coding. My current laptop is HODL'ing and idk if this enshittification will end soon.

[dgxyz]

Yeah it sucks. Got an MBP here which was my refuge from Windows. That's gone to hell too.

I am moving off onto an old desktop running Debian stable slowly as I don't really need a laptop. This also isolates me from a number of geopolitical and technology creep and lock-in related risks I have identified.

[LandR]

As someone who would like to get a new PC (but a desktop) for coding, and is considering a mac, why would you never buy a mac for coding ?

I'm currently running Ubuntu on this ancient thing (which I love actually), but I absolutely don't want Windows.

[muragekibicho]

1. I like my laptops with USB ports and removable RAM and disk. I love computers and opening up a mac is a bad experience.

2. It costs an arm and a leg to replace parts on a Mac when you travel outside the United States. Replacing the keyboard on my first macbook cost the same as the actual price. I learnt my lesson. I don't need that Apple garbage in my life.

[ddtaylor]

Do you have a moment to talk about Linux?

[w4yai]

Half of my software don't work on Linux. My job also depends on running PE in a legitimate (read not Wine) environment - and I don't want to spend half of my RAM running VMs.

What should I do ?

[direwolf20]

Install Linux