[Neikius]

Does MBP run Linux? That would be the selling point for me ... But I guess I am not in a big group.

Also MBP is not really repairable at all.

[pdpi]

> But I guess I am not in a big group.

Big enough that they specifically targeted that exact group with this laptop.

[rjh29]

Probably a small group but worth more money.

[Anonyneko]

M1 and M2 models run Asahi Linux, M3 and M4 don't run anything natively I think (but not entirely sure).

[bestouff]

M1 and M2 run Linux but don't expect usable battery life, Thunderbolt output or a few other niceties.

[Neikius]

Ah ofc I forgot. But iirc not everything works and battery life will probably suck, no? So not really a consideration in this case of price comparison. It is an option though :)

Personally I also can't stand the exterior design, albeit overall hardware of MBP is good. Guess if I land an old MBP this is what I'd do with it.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

How is Thunderbolt or display port alt mode support?

[jonf3n]

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/blob/main/docs/platform/f...

[jonf3n]

It is in progress.... Please support the project!

[knivets]

Practically, if you have AppleCare you don't need to worry about repairability.

[Tade0]

I worry about e-waste and having AppleCare doesn't really help here.

[echelon]

I would love a MBP that ran Linux. I am not a fan of MacOS (though it's one of my two daily drivers).

What I really want is for other hardware vendors to catch up. I like Apple hardware but hate their software.

[adityamwagh]

Yes, see https://asahilinux.org/

[I_am_tiberius]

Would be super interested if any person on this planet uses this as the main driver.

[jazzyjackson]

Yes its much less annoying than macos on my m1 macbook.

[gedy]

I do, for work at least. Works nice aside from the lack of USB-C monitor (mine has a HDMI output so not a huge deal for me.)

[blt]

In the dev branch now! https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/

I will attempt to use Asahi as my daily driver once this is officially released.

[Retr0id]

I do.

[ErneX]

Not the M5.

[adityamwagh]

It eventually will. But OP never asked about M5 specifically.

[tredre3]

No, but OP was comparing the pricing of brand new laptops, so it was implied that they wouldn't be M1/M2 hence not supported by Asahi.

[benoau]

Eventually in this context might be 4+ years from now.

[hmry]

AFAIK Asahi development needs some hypervisor features for reverse engineering macOS drivers that only exist on M1-M3 and were removed on M4+. So yeah, it may be several years until they get support (or never, if nobody steps up to do it).

[TiredOfLife]

On macbook you could emulate windows. Inside windows emulate linux. And it would still be much faster than this framework

[dtj1123]

Name checks out.