[anonlapwarmer]

The workhorse oldie-but-goodie A1278 MBP mid-2012 non-Retina supports 16 GiB and two SSD's (one in the optical bay, and one in the HDD bay).

The Lenovo T480 supports 64 GiB. A 13" hackintosh-friendly laptop with:

- dual m.2 slots

- WQHD 2560 x 1440

- Thunderbolt 3

- water-resistant keyboard with drains

- 9 hours of battery life with the second, extended battery

- officially user-serviceable parts/guides

- & 64 GB!

The iPhone 6S, even with the headphone jack, is IP67 in all but name but didn't sell it as a feature... it has all the gaskets of the 7 but supposedly the headphone jack was an issue... mine's been in the shower a few times for YouTube morning news and still works.

You can make any data & charging connector USB-C magnetic & right-angle for $30. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB-C-L-Tip-Magnetic-Adapter...

[drudru11]

Thx for the tip on the Lenovo. I have been on the lookout for a Linux laptop.

[anonlapwarmer]

Videos from Louis Rossmann convinced me modern MBPs are beyond awful: https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

macOS and most apps have nice UX and mostly work well together. Docker usually works on top of the built-in macOS intel-origin hypervisor. (VMware Fusion is another $olid option for $$; had problems with VirtualBox.)

What's neat about the T480 is there's an utility on the Windows partition to flash the BIOS startup boot logo from red "Lenovo" to whatever you want.