Well, questioning about Linux depends really on what kind of distribution the author used previously. Some are less efficient than others.
Considering hardware, the whole set of AMD Ryzen3 and Ryzen4 based laptops are much better than a MacBook, in computing power, flexibility, energy efficiency and lately also in price, plus they have the advantage that you can later upgrade SSD or RAM, while on MBP everything is soldered and you're out of luck later on.
The day MacOS will be fully virtualized, it might be the doom of the MBP and iMac.
Well, questioning about Linux depends really on what kind of distribution the author used previously. Some are less efficient than others.
Considering hardware, the whole set of AMD Ryzen3 and Ryzen4 based laptops are much better than a MacBook, in computing power, flexibility, energy efficiency and lately also in price, plus they have the advantage that you can later upgrade SSD or RAM, while on MBP everything is soldered and you're out of luck later on.
The day MacOS will be fully virtualized, it might be the doom of the MBP and iMac.