Updating servers is a pain in the arse. But obviously necessary. I know you get several years of support with stable versions of Debian/Ubuntu/etc. but at the end of that period you still have to do a full upgrade which never goes well. I currently lean towards just using Debian testing on servers which need to be stable but over which I have full control and responsibility (i.e. if it breaks it's *my* problem). Debian testing is still *reliable as fuck* but is relatively up to date and is effectively rolling. (When I'm not responsible I use Debian/Ubuntu stable and on home servers I use Arch cos it's easier).
My current laptop is
this and it's fucking lovely. I use it for dev and writing and gaming (in the garden
:| ). Everything worked out of the box with Arch (in as much as anything ever works 'out of the box' with Arch). I was dubious about the point of a 4k 15" screen but fell in love with it as soon as I got it - text looks fucking amazing. Decent (for chicklet-style) keyboard, nice trackpad and good hardware (it runs Rocket League playably at 4k (which is absurd and pointless, but still)).
I use libinput rather than xinput because it's moderner which means that the touchscreen only works like a basic mouse pointer, with xinput it would work like a touchscreen should but... I don't want a touchscreen on a laptop so I disable it in the bios anyway.
It's a nice laptop. Runs Vim well
:D
Oh and GW2 runs fine in Wine with CMST.