[ineedtosleep]

To be fair, "FLAWLESSLY running Debian" is quite a tall order considering that Linux support for newer laptop drivers is typically pretty slow and even if the drivers exist, it's likely to have some wonkiness that kills the "FLAWLESSLY running Debian" qualifier.

I'm not a MBP owner, however, an OS running off of a variation of Unix is probably a huge boon in terms of Linux compatibility when compared to the other laptops out there made to run Windows.

[yardie]

Its also easier to support a distro that runs on 3 types of laptops of the same brand rather than 1000 variations of Wintel laptops.