[bischofs]

I just got a Dell precision 15 with ubuntu 14.04, $2K after tax - I returned it because the wifi rarely works, The gpu switching makes the gpu basically unusable because of screen tearing ( X.org sucks), and the battery life still is terrible( without some heavy optimizations). In 2016 it is sad that there still isn't a good seamless hardware/software linux laptop out of the box, It could be a great OS for day to day laptop use.

I would recommend just buying a cheap dell or hp with an intel wifi card and no dedicated gpu and install ubuntu on that - at least you wont feel cheated after spending $1.5K+ on some nice hardware, and your battery life will be tolerable. I have heard macs run linux fairly well too.

[Glyptodon]

Ha ha, I was just posting because my Boss is having some similar fun with the same model.