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muragekibichotoday at 9:22 AM4 repliesview on HN

Exactly my predicament. My laptop reached EOL but I'm struggling to purchase a new one.

They're all bundled with AI features (I absolutely don't need) and never in my life will I buy a mac for coding. My current laptop is HODL'ing and idk if this enshittification will end soon.


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dgxyztoday at 9:55 AM

Yeah it sucks. Got an MBP here which was my refuge from Windows. That's gone to hell too.

I am moving off onto an old desktop running Debian stable slowly as I don't really need a laptop. This also isolates me from a number of geopolitical and technology creep and lock-in related risks I have identified.

LandRtoday at 11:32 AM

As someone who would like to get a new PC (but a desktop) for coding, and is considering a mac, why would you never buy a mac for coding ?

I'm currently running Ubuntu on this ancient thing (which I love actually), but I absolutely don't want Windows.

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ddtaylortoday at 9:58 AM

Do you have a moment to talk about Linux?

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direwolf20today at 9:50 AM

Install Linux