> any modern Laptop

When I looked up Dell Pro Max 16, I found a thread complaining that its camera doesn't work: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=307529

And there are numerous other reports of how various modern laptops have various problems under linux.

So no, "any modern laptop" is not a good recommendation. It should be specific models.

I have two laptops running linux. One is a MSI gaming laptop with RTX card that no one would recommend for linux.

I had to try about 10 distros before I settled on linux mint. Everything else had some problem but the driver manager on linux mint made setting up the RTX so flawless.

After 8 months of use, it is the best machine I have ever used. If I had just stuck with my old favorite KDE neon though I would have been posting on how not to get MSI if you want to use linux.