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Apple's MacBook Pro laptops have become increasingly unfriendly with Linux in recent years [...] But now with the latest Mac Mini systems employing Apple's T2 security chip, they too are likely to crush any Linux dreams.
At least until further notice, these new Apple systems sporting the T2 chip will not be able to boot Linux operating systems.
[...] By default, Microsoft Windows isn't even bootable on the new Apple systems until enabling support for Windows via the Boot Camp Assistant macOS software.
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Apple's T2 Security Chip Prevents Linux From Installing on New Macs
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday November 12 2018, @04:55PM
Performance isn't the end-all of laptops though - if performance is really important to you, you're going to get a desktop computer whose absolute performance *and* price/performance ratio blow any laptop out of the water. Not to mention I've met precious few Linux users that really care about performance - most distros run beautifully even on old hardware, and most games run better (or only) on Windows, so unless you're regularly doing something else very computationally intensive, performance just doesn't matter that much.
In fact, for most people performance of any non-junk computer is plenty adequate, and the the primary considerations should be the hardware you directly interact with: screen (resolution, finish, brightness, contrast, color quality, and viewing angle), speakers(if used for music/movies), keyboard (if they type a lot), and mouse/touchpad. For a desktop those are all separate products so you can buy exactly what you want and use them indefinitely. But for a laptop they're all integrated (except an optional mouse) and so must be considered as part of the purchase decision. I've long recommended those as the primary considerations for laptop purchases - finding a fast enough computer for a decent price is usually easy. Finding one that won't leave you quietly cursing the interface can be a much greater challenge. (My biggest complaint against Macs is the flat-top keys - there's a fricking good reason keyboards have cupped keys to subtly maintain proper finger alignment.)
And then there's durability - laptops take a LOT more physical abuse than desktops, so build quality matters a lot more. And aesthetics, if you're not the sort of person who's happy to drive a battered but reliable old clunker around town. Macs have traditionally been among the best on both of those metrics, at least until recent years.