Title: Hi,<p>I&#x27;m writing this on my late 2012 MacBook Pro. Time goes by and I know rather sooner than later I&#x27;ll need to replace it with a new machine. In 2012 I paid around 1000$ for MacBook Pro + Samsung SSD (256GB) + 16GB RAM, I made modifications on my own.<p>I check notebookcheck from time to time. I read reviews, opinions about new laptops. The point is, I don&#x27;t know if there is any machine that could be recommended in reasonable price. At work I&#x27;m using some new MacBook Pro which (i5&#x2F;16GB&#x2F;128GB SSD) which is noticeably slower than my current machine.<p>Performance of the computer is quite important for me. I&#x27;m an Android developer, compilation of a big project I&#x27;m working on takes enormous amount of RAM and CPU nowadays (with new Android Studio it&#x27;s even worse). From time to time I work on web projects, so handling several instances of docker shouldn&#x27;t be a problem for a new machine. I prefer Linux over MacOs over Windows, so good support for Ubuntu&#x2F;Fedora would be nice.<p>I checked some computers in details but most of them fail in one or more aspects:
- hinges - MacBook has superior hinges, if I pay more than 1000 - 1500$ I expect to have great hinges
- price
- performance
- Linux support<p>Price is quite important for me, I&#x27;m from Eastern Europe. What computer would you recommend in, let&#x27;s say, &lt;2000$ ?
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