[gentoo-user] OT: whats a good laptop for gentoo these days?

[William Kenworthy]

My MS surface pro4 has died (swelling battery has popped the screen - 
known problem) so I am looking for a better replacement. I bought it new 
years ago but it only got good Linux support (touchscreen etc.) in the 
last couple of years so its been a bit frustrating.

So the question is - whats a good replacement?  Criteria is good battery 
life, can dual boot windows (this is my only windows machine these days 
and there are still some cases - Logitech harmony remote for one) and 
gentoo with everything working/supported.  I do like the tablet with 
detachable physical keyboard design but I mostly use it with keyboard 
attached.  And non-microsoft hardware is preferred (the sp4 failure is a 
design issue for which MS suffered a class action lawsuit to get them to 
honour the warranty - I don't want a repeat)

BillK