Dell Latitude E6540

[Yasha Karant]

Is anyone running SL 7 on a Dell Latitude E6540?  My institution is 
considering this unit over the equivalent HP unit, to replace the five 
year old laptop that I currently use, because of the net lower cost of 
the Dell.  Dell claims that it will run Linux Ubuntu 12.04 -- but I do 
not know if this enthusiast Ubuntu has more "secure boot", etc., 
capabilities than SL7x.

Any information, on or off list, greatly would be appreciated.
Yasha Karant