Happy Toshiba X30/X40 user here. If you're ever looking for something else to run Linux on, I can recommend them (at least in their current incarnations).

Even the bluetooth works out of the box!

I upgraded from MBP 2012 to the 15" 2015 version the last year. I'm sure 2k15 will be fine for a while, but this is unsustainable with the direction Apple computers are going. It's more expensive than ever; in Europe, I paid 2300 USD for the baseline 2k15 15" MBP; that's just crazy to me, and the baseline newest 15" MBP model goes for 3000 USD.

Also, their anti-consumer practices, such as simply selling keyboards they know will break (and that are also bad! I thought the 2k15 keyboard was already bad compared to the 2k12 non-retina MBP), and not repairing anything in their MBP (check Louis Rossmann's Apple videos), are just a signal for me that the MBPs are not for power users.

At work, I use the X1 Carbon 6th gen with Linux on it, and though I really like OSX, the hardware is starting to be nothing but farce. For that, I think I'll happily buy some Lenovo/Dell as my next personal laptop, and simply fiddle with Linux.

2/3 of the price of a MBP for the same HW at the cost of spending a bit more time with the OS is acceptable to me, personally.

MacbookPro 2016 and newer is far from fully supported in Linux and MBP2015 is huge compared to 2016.

https://github.com/dunedan/mbp-2016-linux

Yes, even new Macbook keyboard is not compatible. That’s why I referred to 2015 and older.

So you end up with an overpriced used Macbook Pro 2015 (looking at eBay) that is comparable to a Thinkpad T440 or W540?

Why would anyone pay 3x to 4x for a device that is a PITA to get most common Linux distros onto, and is challenging to repair? I don't see the value provided, even comparing weight and dimensions...

I have a t440, the weight of the mbp is not comparable. It's more like a carbon and there's huge advantage to being able to move easily without a heavy laptop.

Note that OP was referring to a 2015 MBP, before they seriously thinned the laptop.

I got both for free from my office. I could choose any laptop I want basically, and yes, I do prefer Macbook Pro over Thinkpad.