[goldstone26]

I used a system76 gazelle professional during part of college. Ran Arch on it. Probably 2 years or so. 15". It was really solid. I think I bought it in 2013? The only drawback was the battery life. 45 mins tops, and the battery itself only lasted 2-3 years. I replaced it twice, once right before I gave it to my sister, and once for her after she'd had it for a similar period of time. I used it as a desktop replacement, so it was plugged in a good deal of the time. The specs were great, screen was great, etc. I still have it plugged in on a shelf in my homelab to use for random testing stuff (got it back from my sister eventually).

I only replaced it because I decided I wanted to go the "ultrabook" route and have an i5-xxxxU processor but get 12+ hours of battery life. I got a T440s, and ran linux on it, ofc.