Linux user here. I have had little luck with graphics working well on the Macs. The pro's used to have dual graphics card (nvidia and built-in) and I never managed to run linux nicely on them. The best luck I had was with running linux on parallels something which messes up all my keyboard shortcuts.

I switched to the thinkpad (currently, lenovo carbon x1) and honestly it's fantastic. Never had a better laptop in my life (way better than Macs).