Agreed on the benefits of Apple hardware. I have been a long time user because they just work and have never caused me major headaches...until now.

My hope is that a linux laptop company will be unable to abuse market monopoly power to extort me and leverage state monopoly on violence to intimidate free market competitors from undercutting their extortionate pricing models. They have to compete fairly in the free market, unlike Tim Apple. This aligns with my values and I get a little bonus nerd cred for running on Linux. :)