I got the Dell XPS 13 in 2013 and I was pretty satisfied. Great screen, speedy disk etc. In ubuntu 16.04 the touchpad works great, and I think the latest XPS models have larger and better touchpads.

Linus also ended up buying an XPS 13 recently :)

https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/VZj8vxXdtfe