Macbook Pro 15,1+/2018+ Support?

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I’m considering my next laptop purchase either Lenovo Thinkpad or Apple Macbook Pro, does NixOS/Linux have support for the essential hardware in latest Macbook Pro? (WiFi; NVMe; Thunderbolt 3; Power Management; TrackPad; Keyboard)

Also if you have a public GitHub repo with a Nix configuration file that works on >=2018 Macbook Pro please include.

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Did you check nixos-hardware already?

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Yes it only covers older apple hardware.

According to GitHub - Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux: State of Linux on the MacBook Pro 2016 & 2017 there’s no support in Linux for latest Macbook Pro WiFi

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I’m also interested. Booted into nixos usb for installation and was not able to use the keyboard.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)

Thanks!

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I wouldn’t bother with newer Intel macs.

Apple Silicon macs on the other hand should theoretically already be supported to a decent degree thanks to Asahi Linux’ efforts and this but I haven’t tried it yet.
AS macs have a much brighter future IMO and will likely also hold their value better for longer.

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