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MacBooks are good buy if you live in the US, but here in Europe their prices/service/support are a joke.
Fujitsu is my favourite laptop brand, but their Linux support is iffy at best.
NOT AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, but the chromebooks seem the best value-for-money laptops - and already have a linux distribution installed (ChromeOS). The Acer C720 has a Haswell dual-core and 2GB RAM - lower speced than your needs. There's the Pixel, I guess... (much higher speced).
http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/product/ibm-lenovo-thinkpad-x60-c... Doesn't require any binary blobs and comes with Trisquil GNU/Linux pre-installed.
Nice old machine but doesn't meet OP's desired spec, i.e. 8GB RAM and HDMI/DVI.
PS: the link to the ubuntu page with certified hardware is great!
./sz0ka
Take a look at System 76: https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/galu1 The specs are very well chosen for most developer users at a very reasonable price. From your requirements, I believe the only thing missing is native VGA support, which I'm sure you can easily fix with a simple adapter.
Try to avoid dual GPU setup laptops like Dell Inspirion 5521 I'm using with Linux Mint. It's hard to get external monitors / projectors etc to work with this setup.
Tested and true:
* Ideapad G780 (17 inch) * Ideapad Y560 * Ideapad G560
The casing quality isn't that great so if you're always on the go you might want to get a ThinkPad instead, but they're really great for something you occasionaly take with you and mostly just move around the home/office.