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If you're doing work on Linux, get a laptop that is supported with Linux on it. The first sign of problems on your Surface, you'll have to nuke it, put Windows

If you're doing work on Linux, get a laptop that is supported with Linux on it. The first sign of problems on your Surface, you'll have to nuke it, put Windows on it, see if it's still broken, reproduce the issue on Windows, then take it into a store. Dell sells Linux certified models, the XPSs even. Maybe it's called the "Developer Edition" or something. You can always go with System 76 or Librem or something along those lines too.

Crespyl 9y ago
You can get the "Developer" editions with Linux pre-installed, though when I looked I couldn't find a version with more than 8GB of RAM. The Windows ones have more RAM and essentially the same hardware, I got a 16GB version and put Linux on it myself, all the drivers were the same and everything works perfectly. (The only caveat was a UEFI setting related to hard drive configuration and Windows Fast Boot, I forget the details but it wasn't too hard to fix.) Really happy with it overall.