If I need a mouse and do a controlled shutdown/boot I might as well use a desktop.
Windows worked for a while, then didn't, then it worked again.
I actually destroyed a Windows laptop with a faulty lid suspend. Closed the lid, put it in a laptop bag and drove 3 hours. Got there and it was 100% dead, cooked itself alive pretty much by overheating in the bag.
Linux sometimes works, sometimes it doesn't. Depends on hardware and software versions. It might work at first, then you update the OS and it breaks again.
In contrast, my M-chip MBP never gets hot and the battery is reminiscent of my iPad. I used to stress about my power cord and making sure I had it with me, I still always carry one because I like being prepared but I don’t have to use it hardly ever away from home.