I've been a UNIX user since 1984, I've been using Apple as my personal hardware since about '87
I jumped from Mac OS due to cost of Apple Hardware, last year. I can't justify spending $3K for hardware that if it weighed 1lb more costs $650.
I bought a Quad core i7 Gaming laptop, Dual SSD's, 1080p display, 32GB of memory for $800, yay Black Friday. My original plan was to make the machine into a hackintosh, but while waiting for the WiFi daughter board to arrive from China I decided to install Linux.
I tried a number of Linux variants. I ended up settling on Elementary because it was the only distribution that would consistently "wake up" from hibernation or sleep. Every other distro would cause the machine to hang after hibernation or sleep, I spent a lot of time trying to make other distributions work, but to no avail.
I did get the WiFi daughter board and installed it, but I never seem to get around to creating my hackintosh.
I'm completely happy with my Linux laptop. Elementary has a couple of quirks, but nothing that makes me want to switch. The online version of Microsoft office allows me to interact with Office documents, which was always the biggest stumbling block, at least for me when it comes to Linux.
> I can't justify spending $3K for hardware that if it weighed 1lb more costs $650.
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> I tried a number of Linux variants. [...] I spent a lot of time trying to make other distributions work, but to no avail.
Just curious: What kind of value are you putting on your time ?
Admittedly, I can perfectly understand if you consider tinkering with distros an intellectually gratifying pursuit and therefore time well spent; I just wanted to point out that it would NOT be all that hard to justify spending an extra $2K.
I jumped from Mac OS due to cost of Apple Hardware, last year. I can't justify spending $3K for hardware that if it weighed 1lb more costs $650.
I bought a Quad core i7 Gaming laptop, Dual SSD's, 1080p display, 32GB of memory for $800, yay Black Friday. My original plan was to make the machine into a hackintosh, but while waiting for the WiFi daughter board to arrive from China I decided to install Linux.
I tried a number of Linux variants. I ended up settling on Elementary because it was the only distribution that would consistently "wake up" from hibernation or sleep. Every other distro would cause the machine to hang after hibernation or sleep, I spent a lot of time trying to make other distributions work, but to no avail.
I did get the WiFi daughter board and installed it, but I never seem to get around to creating my hackintosh.
I'm completely happy with my Linux laptop. Elementary has a couple of quirks, but nothing that makes me want to switch. The online version of Microsoft office allows me to interact with Office documents, which was always the biggest stumbling block, at least for me when it comes to Linux.