I would actually recommend getting any Windows laptop and just use Hyper-V (or VirtualBox/VMware if you prefer Type-2 Hypervisors) to run Linux. Most modern la

I would actually recommend getting any Windows laptop and just use Hyper-V (or VirtualBox/VMware if you prefer Type-2 Hypervisors) to run Linux. Most modern laptops can handle virtualization with no noticeable performance penalties even for heavy dev tasks, and the UX is essentially identical to running on bare metal if you use the full screen immersive mode that most virtualization software offers for interaction. The virtualization stack takes care of most hardware compatibility issues, and running Windows as your host OS means you won't have to restart to do Windows specific dev stuff and/or play games (Hyper-V allows full access to the GPU for the "host OS"). Getting a Macbook and running Linux with VirtualBox, VMware Fusion or Parallels is also a viable alternative if you don't need to game on the Windows VM but need OS X support instead.