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[–] -2 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I wish.. unpopular opinion but I love Apple's approach with the MBAir. I want a skinny device with 2-3 C Ports max.

I'm done with USB A, on the rare occasion I need it I gladly use an adapter to improve portability the other 90% of the time. Any hardware made for Linux by non-US companies has several A ports, a few C, ethernet, HDMI, SD card... nope, I got a tower with all the ports. My portable should stay portable.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    USB-C isn't a straight upgrade of USB-A though. Both have their pros and cons.

    USB-C has much higher bandwidth and allows more power draw. 2 nice features, but totally useless on something like a mouse.

    USB-A is soo much cheaper and more sturdy. A much better connector for simple peripherals like mouses and keyboards.

    So a laptop with only USB-C is quite dumb. It costs nothing to add a couple of USB-A ports, and it will save you a lot of money.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    And luckily there are plenty of options out there for people who want to attach peripherals to their laptops. I'm just not one of them.

    My ideal device has two C ports on each side and a solid trackpad like the mac books do, just without all the apple bullshit of locking stuff down. @tuxedocomputers, pretty please 👀

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    My dell is that. Runs Mint rn

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Good to know Dell makes these. I am running CachyOS on the 2020 Intel MacBook Air and it's okay.. she runs a bit hot, so battery life is about half of what I would get with macOS.

    As much as I like the look of Apple hardware, I despise them locking everything down. I'm glad there are smart people out there, like the Asahi project, cracking those macs open.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    The Dell I have (few years old; I don't keep up with models) looks very much like a MBA. It works great, and I'm glad it runs Linux well (so far). I'm thinking about moving to CachyOS on my desktop.

    I'll look into Asahi project!

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