coastallinkedswell

Need recommendations for a new laptop please I had bought an MSI laptop from Costco. Even though I was happy with the performance and with CachyOS I had to return it. Lucky for me that Costco has such a generous return window, 90 days. My main issues were that it lacked adequate cooling for the X7 358H, had no UEFI support from MSI on their website, and the build quality was atrocious. I was looking at the System76 Lemur Pro, but I can’t seem to find any reviews on the newer models. Build quality and performance is really important to me as my daily driver for the last several years has been a MBP14 with an M1 Pro. I’m not buying anything from Frame.Work as I’ve had two issues with them already which prompted me to cancel both orders, once for the desktop and once for the 13 Pro. Their customer service is lacking in my humble opinion.

I don’t need crazy build quality, I just need it to not be shit so it’ll last me a few years.

I’m willing to give it a shot, but have you gotten Steam to run on it without issues?

ThinkPenguin hardware is extremely outdated. Would definitely consider PCSpecialist if it was an option.

Linux on an old T480 is a meme. I’m not sure about the quality of newer models.

that was the first thing I looked into, but Asahi is very much still in alpha and barely hanging on. If I could install properly supported linux on a MBP I would be all over that. I would not mind paying the Apple tax if I could get the performance, build quality, and battery life without using macOS.

Not in the EU unfortunately. Hopefully one day.