Choose the computer with the most-supported peripheral hardware. Not some weird peripheral chip. You don't need to be mucking around supporting some unusual Wi

Choose the computer with the most-supported peripheral hardware. Not some weird peripheral chip. You don't need to be mucking around supporting some unusual WiFi chip, for instance. So, that's generally an Intel-Chip based machine. Myself, I am partial to Lenovo hardware, with Intel-based peripheral chips. I usually buy them new from Lenovo* and customise the build. But then, I'm flush enough to do that. YMMV. * Current machines: P53 laptop, M70T desktop. With LinuxMint installed by me. Throw away the Windows installation. It's done its job nicely, by giving you a subsidised set of hardware.