"I dream of a 'Linux Apple' - a company that sells a small but smart range of laptops (even at a premium) with a selection of hardware that guarantees that a ma

"I dream of a 'Linux Apple' - a company that sells a small but smart range of laptops (even at a premium) with a selection of hardware that guarantees that a major linux distro will run on it without paper cuts." You mean like this? http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&l=en&cs=19 http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=... If it comes with Ubuntu preinstalled it "probably" guarantees hardware compatibility.