I'm with you, OS X just seems to always be in the way of getting stuff done now a days, there was quite a long time where OS X just stayed out of your way, that's no longer the case. I have also had my share of hardware issues - wifi/blue tooth radios that stop working after two years(just gotta replace the logic board), displays that stop working to name a few. The sad fact is that the amount of Apple annoyances/frustrations now reminds me of of Microsoft which is the reason I switched to begin with.

Out of curiosity what hardware are you maybe looking at?

If all goes well, I'll switch to something like this:

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-stealth

As long as it feels as comfortable as a Macbook, with decent performance, I'm willing to switch completely.

I find dual-booting Linux and Windows gives me most of all possible worlds. I gave up my Apple Developer status because of the lock-in to just the Apple system. Frankly, Swift looks almost the same as Kotlin, which I picked up first (but have since dropped for LFE, Lisp Flavoured Erlang).

My feeling as well. I went all-in on the Mac in late 2001 and have bought several Macs since then. I am now feeling like Linux/Windows dual-boot fits me better than OSX. I'll be replacing my aging MBP w/ a laptop that supports this. Not sure what yet though.

I currently dual-boot an Alienware 14 2013. I know you can get similar specs cheaper, lighter, but I like the LEDs. It's like having a tricked out Cadillac (weight). Dell is sending somebody to my hotel room in Hong Kong this Tuesday to install a new screen and keyboard per my 3-year service contract. It has a decent GPU still, and all works in Elementary OS or Mint, even the LEDs, but I have to boot into Windows to change the styling. I would also recommend System76, or the new 13“ Dell Inspiron Dev Edition with Linux already installed. $100 cheaper than the Windows version. For dual-boot, but the Win version and install Linux. I pretty much stay in Linux except for the occasional work in Windows.

I recently switched to OS X from a decade of Linux on cheap notebooks. I've enjoyed the Mac as a luxury, and have even enjoyed the apps; but this will probably be the last one, and for similar reasons.

I felt the same way, especially wrt battery life, until the 2015 Chromebook Pixel came along. For $1000 I have a beautiful screen (touch but I don't use it that way), better battery life than my MBA, portable, rock solid in every way. With Crouton I get a real Linux environment running alongside ChromeOS, only an alt-tab away, complete with clipboard sharing between the two. That MBA was my gold standard for three-plus years, haven't missed it for one moment.

Out of personal curiosity, which laptops are you referring to? I have been looking and have not been very impressed by most of the laptops that I have seen.

I've answered elsewhere, but for your ease I repeat it here - I've put this on my list:

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-stealth

What great Linux laptops are you refering to?

I would guess he's talking about buying a windows laptop and wiping it to install Linux. Paying extra to wipe off and replace a dated Linux installation instead seems a bit pointless

I've got my eyes on this:

http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-stealth

I don't care about the Windows license - frankly, after a decade of ignoring Windows, it might be nice to buy Windows, try it out, and have it alongside Linux. No big deal.

The real thing, of course, will be getting my OSX environment virtualized for the switch...