I think the distinction is that Linux can be made to work on almost anything - if you're willing to hunt through forums, edit config files, and on rare occasion

I think the distinction is that Linux can be made to work on almost anything - if you're willing to hunt through forums, edit config files, and on rare occasions compile a driver. And it might give you trouble, say, suspending and resuming. I doubt Windows is much better on a technical level, but then OEMs deal with choosing hardware and selecting drivers, so end users don't have to.