From OS X to Ubuntu
IMO if money isn&#x27;t an object, OS X is a better call when it comes to laptops. If money is tight, going for a Linux box is almost as good.<p>Linux on desktops - as in, not a laptop - has worked pretty much flawlessly for me for &gt;10 years. Not much else to say there. If desktop or server, this shouldn&#x27;t be a discussion.<p>As far as laptops go, I&#x27;ve just had better experiences with macbooks. Linux on a laptop is still 100% usable and gets you everything you need. Getting things set up can be a way bigger PITA on Linux, like function keys, sound, and god forbid, wirless. I&#x27;ve never installed Linux on a laptop and had wireless <i>not</i> suck, at least a little bit. Mostly just randomly dropping connection. It&#x27;s gotten better in the last few years, but it hasn&#x27;t reached that perfect reliability that my mbp seems to have. Ubuntu seems to break a bit more on average - and those errors are a bit more likely to be obnoxious, or blockers even - like during boot. Not saying this is commonplace, but I&#x27;ve NEVER had OS X kernel panic on me during boot.<p>Again, I would be perfectly happy a linux box instead, but for me it&#x27;s worth a bit of extra $$ for what has seemed to me to be better reliability.<p>Most of my experiences have been with Ubuntu LTS releases but really, I&#x27;ve tried all the big ones, and on quite a few different laptops over the years. YMMV of course.<p>Edit: all that being said, prob will switch over when this one dies, because touch bar... lol