[chimeracoder]

> I think the parent poster was referencing the Macbook Air purchased in the article, not suggesting it as a base for new Linux installation.

Right (they edited the comment after I posted, which makes it less ambiguous). That said, I wrote this mostly preemptively, because I've seen way too many people try to install Linux on the hardware that they happen to have available (usually an old Macbook of some form) and then complain that X doesn't work.

It's fine if you're just testing things out, but if you really want an apples-to-apples comparison for the top-of-the-line experience on each operating system, you have to run Linux on hardware that's actually tested with Linux in mind.