I just recently got hold of an older MacBook pro after years of Windows/Linux laptops and I got to say that I've been really impressed by the both the hardware

I just recently got hold of an older MacBook pro after years of Windows/Linux laptops and I got to say that I've been really impressed by the both the hardware and the user experience that's created through the amazing touchpad. I feel that the OS itself might be a bit too heavy/slow for what I'm used to, and so I'd love to have the option to install Ubuntu on a MBP Retina and still have that awesome user experience. It's my understanding that getting any distro to work perfectly with Apple's laptops has been a neverending uphill battle. I read that Gnome and Unity don't quite scale properly for the new resolution and I also don't think you get quite the same awesome gesture-based navigation you expect from every app running on OS X. One can dream though. It would be unfortunate to let such wonderful hardware go to waste. I've always been that guy, carrying a wireless mouse around with me because all of the laptop trackpads were absolutely atrocious, always in the way, always accidentally clicking for me when my palms would be over them. After trying a MBP, I finally figured out why I would never see Apple customers carry around mice.