Yeah... battery life on ANY Linux machine I've seen or heard of is no where near M2+ machines. My wife has the new Mac and it has great battery life. 

That said, the battery life is good enough for me but it is no where near MacOS.

It's the hardware mostly. I'm fond of my whisper quiet machine with a great trackpad and awesome battery life.

k00b

Yeah I hear ya. Is it switching to Linux or the actual hardware that give you pause?

I have a old Thinkpad as my backup. Bought it on eBay for less than $200. If you just wanna experiment with Linux I think buying a old Thinkpad is a good option. 

kepford

tech

Omakub - An Omakase Developer Setup for Ubuntu 24.04 by DHH

chowwi

I've nearly pulled the trigger. I'm not sure I'm ready to use it as a daily driver yet, but I like to have a backup laptop.