[vetinari]

Printing and networking in Linux is a solved problem. HiDPI is going through a growing pains, and some things for enterprises are better on Linux than macOS (have you seen what FreeIPA can do? You can have Kerberos+OTP authenticated VPN, for example).

What's wrong with all the PC laptops is an attention to detail. Just have look at the recent Dell XPS thread. I mean - coil whine? In 2016? Seriously?

[ni-hil]

Audio, monitor detection, battery life, etc. are not solved problems though. Linux is mostly fine, but there is still a lot of little things that makes it "painful" to use on a day to day basis.

[vetinari]

I admit that last few years my experience with Linux is limited to T and X-series Thinkpads. On them, almost everything worked out of the box, including the fingerprint reader and WWAN networking. The only thing that I found not installed out-of-the box was tlp (power management daemon, it relates to battery life you mentioned). After a 'dnf install tlp tlp-rdw' it was solved too and that takes care of the almost qualifier in the previous sentence.

The other issue I had was with external monitor was, that the primary display for the login screen was the built-in display, not the external monitor (that's my subjective preference. After login, the arrangement was according to user preferences).

Both certainly not earth shattering. If other laptops or computers have more serious problems, that's issue to be solved by their manufacturer. They are selling their wares to you, after all, why would you accept incomplete support?