> This is not, for the record, "working out of the box".
I have no doubt that some other distros would work just fine without any changes, you're nitpicking.
I have no doubt that some other distros would work just fine without any changes, you're nitpicking.
Are you talking about buying a laptop with windows pre-installed, or installing windows on a barebones laptop?
I doubt that a laptop with linux preinstalled from e.g. dell requires you to install drivers. It's been a while since I did a barebones windows install, but I would be surprised if no drivers were required.
Are you talking about laptops that shipped with Linux though? I suspect not.
You'd have about as much fun putting macOS on a laptop that shipped with Windows, and vice versa, as you would putting Linux on either of them.
edit: Does any one else feel that redefining "working out of the box" to mean the opposite "just for linux", hurts linux's reputation more than just saying something non-hyperbolic, like it "works with a surprisingly minimal amount of driver treasure-hunt"?
As a tangent, I wonder if this applies to other things. if BMW users tell you "when talking about BMWs the term low-maintenance refers to not having your engine explode every 10k miles. With that in mind, BMWs are very low-maintenance", are you less likely to buy one than if they say "well there's a little more required maintenance than some other manufacturers, but as long as you do it the car is very reliable."?