Both the 13 and 16 should have a upgrade path. the 13 have came out a few years, and have a few versions of boards available, and the 16 is new, so there is nothing for it yet.
You are probably slightly better off with the 13, given that there is a RISC-V board available for it, and I don’t think there is too much incentive for them to make one for the 16 as well.
12 and 11th gen have “community support” right now.
There is a thread about Mint on 7040
what even … ok hold on.
I mean it’s only $130 more. I personally don’t see any need to go beyond, especially on a 13 inch. And I’m on the 16 inch. But personal preference.
That’s a great question. We can find out right here.
But that’s the old mint. Mint 22 being based on Ubuntu 2404 should make it rather seamless.
I think it’s just a difficulty with putting actual official support into it. Linux come in so many flavors. I hope it doesn’t stretch their efforts too thin.
How many ports do you use typically?
I have actually used 4/5 ports at once – a Type-C for charging, and 3 type-As for various things, maybe a ethernet or display. And that was not at my desk, that would normally be not a problem, hubs and whatsnot.
Though, the 16 seem to have chassis bending issues and thermal issues. Maybe hold off for a while?
I also very much want a numpad. Plus, a $800+ laptop without a secondary SSD slot is unacceptable for me. So I went with the 16. Even with integrated, it’s quite capable, even running Unity 6 quite well.
The expansion bay/shell and the modular input cover are merely bonuses at this point.