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Any suggestions for cheap but decent laptops for coding?
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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I thought Macs are notoriously difficult to install Linux on, like from a firmware level.
Is this incorrect?
The Intel ones are quite a bit easier, but still not as easy as a PC. You need to disable some FW security settings to allow for a non Apple kernel to boot.
Ah. In that case, I think I'm gonna steer clear of Macs. I'm not at all familiar with post-2013 Macs in the first place, and I definitely don't know enough to fiddle around with its firmware security settings (or any firmware security settings, for that matter).