This will be my first Linux machine ever! Ham radio was the thing that finally got me. The hobby is very supportive of open source. Linux will actually open some doors I can’t open with my Mac currently.
The 2-in-1 format was the main draw. I want a small footprint for digital portable radio operating, something I can set up in a tent for looking at/scrolling plans when I’m soldering or whatever, and a tablet-like experience for reading and marking up .pdfs (there’s a lot of amateur radio knowledge in .pdfs).
I am concerned about the plastic cracking issue. I’m on deck for a sage i5 but will duck out for a later batch if that doesn’t seem to get resolved soon.