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You're a software developer you answer that.
As for everything else, yes it's worth it. Upgrading isn't as easy as a desktop, but it's much easier than other laptops.
Just because you’re a software developer doesn’t mean you know how everything in software is.
I was more asking for the performance on Linux.
Yes, I imagine it more fiddly than upgrading a desktop. I’ve never really been in to buying laptops as they don’t have good upgrade options. I did have an M1 MacBook Pro and that was amazing, but they hold their value so well and I got it almost have price on discount it was a no brainier to sell it after a year for about the same I got it for.
The performance depends on how powerful the laptop is. Get an AMD model.
Is the Intel + Nvidia performance on Linux worse than on windows?
Maybe. For most things Nvidia works fine I think. Its just proprietary, and they come with arbitrary restrictions. Nouveau is an open source solution probably bad with games. I use AMD + Lutris (Linux game organizer) and its great. The only games that don't work well are almost all AAA games.
Which kind of restrictions?
Switching to AMD isn't an option, I don't want to spend money to switch to Linux.
You're limited to 2 video transcoded as an example.
lol. What a shit take.