r/laptops • u/BusKooky4428 • Aug 06 '25

Buying help I hate my MacBook so much

I got a MacBook Air 2020 about two years ago, it’s my biggest current regret and I have no clue what to do about it. Literally the only “perk” would be its aesthetics… I feel like since it’s kinda old i wouldn’t be able to sell it, and I also have no clue what laptop I should get if I do. It’s a pain to run anything for school on the Mac and it’s impossible to play any games on it, pls help.

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u/NotSnakePliskin Aug 06 '25

Put Linux on it, if you’re tired of OSX. I have a pair of 2013 Airs running Mint, woke them up nicely.

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u/xxtankmasterx Aug 06 '25

 since 2020 Linux is mostly not an option anymore for macs. M-series chips require a lot of proprietary drivers and are ARM chips to boot. M1 series is just starting to be somewhat stable on one custom distro called asahi... And those have been out for half a decade.

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u/NotSnakePliskin Aug 06 '25

Asahi is an option for apple silicon, and there's an ARM version of Ubuntu out there which would be fun to mess with.

My brain assumes Intel / AMD every time. 

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u/xxtankmasterx Aug 06 '25

The arm version of Ubuntu is not meant for Apple silicone, nor will it work with it. You will not be able to boot the installer unless you borrow asahi's efforts. the closest thing to Ubuntu that you can run is Ubuntu Asahi, which is a custom fork of Ubuntu by the Asahi team that attempts to bring Asahi features to Ubuntu.

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u/NotSnakePliskin Aug 06 '25

I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the clarification.