Oh stop those FOSS wars. We are in the same camp. Push towards the light and leave the dark behind. It's not worth to convince eachother as everyone has its own set of tools in the head developed by own experiences in real life scenarios and that is why we see the world different. He has his view you have yours. Great. Lets move on and push FOSS forward

As for the laptops - I use Lenovo T530 - they do their job and are the last ones without that useless for me numeric keyboard which forces me to move hands to the left and not be centered towards the screen. The most beefed up offer quad core I7 (well not that modern of course) but they do the job.