I'm looking for a MacBook Pro replacement that works out of the box with Linux. Since my income depends on this machine, i can't afford taking time to tinker much with the machine.

I bought a maxed out 15" 2017 MacBook Pro in October 2017 and have so far been disappointed by a keyboard failure, thermal throttling, graphics card failure and need something a bit more reliable. I also can't stand Windows which obviously limits my options to only Apple laptops (which are no longer an option due to their horrific build quality) and a few other brands that have good Linux support.

How good is the Linux support on the Dell XPS Machines? I'm looking at a i7/i9/Xeon with 32GB of RAM. The Precision 5530 is listed with Linux support, but it doesn't seem like anyone is selling the Precision series in South Africa, only the XPS which probably means that i won't be getting any support in South Africa if i import it.