I switched my five-year-old MacBook Pro M1 Max for a cheap (comparable) Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G7 ARP (AMD) laptop, running Linux (Arch btw, or better, Omarchy. And I am having a blast. But not everything is perfect. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
This is a short recap after using it for one month on and off (due to repair 😅), and the last 2 weeks full time. I want to share what I learned, what I like about the new setup after working for 15 years plus on a MacBook, and on and off on Windows at work. And maybe what is still a little rough.
Getting Ready for the Switch
Before I could make the switch, I had some pre-requirements I needed to be able to use it as my full-time machine. Here are some:
✅ Obsidian notes
✅ Obsidian notes ✅ fuzzy finder in raycast to open up my favorite files or folder, e.g. if I need to open my Offers template folder
✅ fuzzy finder in raycast to open up my favorite files or folder, e.g. if I need to open my Offers template folder ️✔️ screenshot like Snagit
✅ photo program
✅ photo program ✅ daylight adjustment like f.lux
✅ daylight adjustment like f.lux ✅ next calendar events in top bar
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