Probably worth a look if you're a Linux user.

done.. It would be good to see Dell help with driver development for Linux or even better use the chipset manafactures drivers without engerneiring them not to work so you must use dell only drivers.. Its a good start Dell.

I don't care much for pre-installed Linux for the desktop, but good laptop compatibility would be great.

I've lost count of the number of times at Uni and at work when I've been working on a network/engineering project and thought "a decent laptop running Linux would be really handy right now".