[ptcampbell]

Mac user here. Still use a desktop Mac mini daily, but have replaced my 13" Macbook Pro for a 14" Thinkpad running Ubuntu.

So far so good. Haven't had nearly the amount of hardware issues reported in this thread. Only the fingerprint scanner does not work, despite best efforts to install its drivers.

The hardest thing for me so far has been customising it to behave like macOS. The muscle memory of keyboard shortcuts is too hard to shake. But I've changed most of them.

Another thing to point out. The display scaling sucks. I have found anything between 100% and 200% unstable.

Edit: mine is a budget L380 model. Pretty good value for under $500 (current clearance price).

[city41]

I run Ubuntu MATE 18 on three different Thinkpads and they all work perfectly with zero tinkering. The only issue is they chew through the battery in no time, but since I’m almost always plugged in I’ve not bothered to investigate a fix.

[ptcampbell]

I've found the "CPU Power Manager" add-on pretty good for battery life. I flick between the profiles depending on what I'm doing. Could be better, but I still get at least 4 hours on the "Multimedia" setting.

[pedrocr]

I've been running 1.3x fake scaling for years by just tweaking fonts. In previous Ubuntu versions with Unity that was just a standard setting. Now I need to set the font scaling in the tweak tool and in the firefox about:config. After that everything just looks fine.

[ptcampbell]

I was using an add-on to enable experimental scaling but it's noticeably slower and my remote desktop client doesn't adjust its scaling accordingly. But you're right – browser scaling gets you half way.