I think you have answered your own first post's question with the second paragraph of this post. I also gave pretty concrete examples in my original, downvoted

I think you have answered your own first post's question with the second paragraph of this post. I also gave pretty concrete examples in my original, downvoted post of how a using a laptop that was designed to run well with linux more or less out of the box based on hardware choices still falls short. I'm happy your transition was smoother than mine!