Not with Linux, typically. If you don't have drivers included in the kernel, it requires a lot of effort to get things working. I've done it many times, so now I will generally only buy laptops that have decent Linux support. [1]

I've had the laptop for about two years now and it still runs just as well as the day I bought it. I'm very happy with it.

[1] No I will not stick with Windows. Please feel free to read through my comment history to see why, but TL;DR I just don't like it.

I've had linux on every laptop I've owned for years, and I haven't really had a problem with any of them running linux, except for display port support on a dell xps.

Aside from that one dell laptop, though, I generally avoid HP and dell entirely, so perhaps that's why.