After reading the many responses to your question I just have to add to  
points to all that's been said:
.- Regarding the hardware, I'm lately devoted to Dell, and (at least a few  
months ago) they have some models with Ubuntu you can buy (there are less  
configuration options, but you can get sure the hardware will work fine  
with Ubuntu). Take a look at their web.
.- Regarding the Linux distros, besides Ubuntu (I also think it's a good  
option, but I'd suggest their LTS versions to be even less worried about  
tweaking) and Linux Mint (pushing very hard to be the best Linux Distro),  
I would suggest Debian, always Debian. Maybe you'll need to tweak a little  
bit (only in the cases MJ Ray told in his mail), but you'll get  
bulletproof ultra-stability. In fact, it's my main option, the Linux I  
have in the machine I don't want any problems with.

Regards.

En Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:31:03 +0100, Chris Fitzpatrick <[log in to unmask]>  
escribió:
> I just had a Howard Beale moment with Apple. I'm mad as hell and I'm not  
> going to take it anymore.
>
> I'm curious what people can suggest for linux laptop?
> Any suggestions for distros and hardware?
>
> thanks. b,chris.


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