"While Linux certainly works on laptops it doesn't work well." Part of the issue is that using Linux exposes you much more directly to the quality of the hardw

"While Linux certainly works on laptops it doesn't work well." Part of the issue is that using Linux exposes you much more directly to the quality of the hardware (and the associated firmware and drivers). The hardware that "just works" on Windows might be horribly engineered, but Windows and the proprietary drivers might cover over the problems. On Linux, bad hardware is more likely to just work badly.