What a ridiculous comment. Which is the "statement", the MacBook or a Linux laptop??? If you want to run Linux, why pay the Apple tax (not to mention all the aggravation), unless you really want the form factor or the hardware?
hint - it's the one that spends an outrageous amount on marketing, SO MUCH SPEND that they stopped revealing how much they were spending in 2015, after the marketing budget grew above 1.8 billion USD.
That one - I can absolutely promise you that that one is the "statement" computer.