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by ninthfrank07 4325 days ago
I currently have a 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display running OS X Yosemite. I also have a Thunderbolt Display (27-inch).

I wish I could buy an open hardware laptop similar to the Novena laptop (https://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop), but made more for software developers. It would look like a Macbook Pro but have official support for Linux. It would have a 256GB SSD drive, a 64-bit ARM processor, 16GB of RAM, a 15-inch Retina display (touchscreen), wifi 802.11ac, USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, stereo speakers, headphone port, SD card reader, HDMI, microphone and a webcam. My budget would be as much as $3000. I would install Ubuntu 14.04 on it (ideally it would be officially supported and even pre-installed).

I've seen rumors of a new MacBook Air with Retina display, a touchscreen and an ARM processor in mid-2015. It will probably be my next laptop unless someone starts a crowdfunding for an open hardware laptop.

I also have a Chromebook Pixel from I/O 13 but I wish Google would release a new version that's more polished and with better specs. It's actually a fantastic laptop.