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Anyway, which type of laptop are you looking for? 17" gaming monster? 12" ultraportable? The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 handles Linux just fine, but I'm not sure whether that's what you're looking for.
I am considering System76, ZaReason. Here's a System76 review: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343798 A friend says: Heard great things about system76 and I like the fact they offer matte screen options over the usual shiny pieces. I am not a fan of core and intel gma in general. Upper echelon corei7 do very well though because of all the cache they pack in there. Have you considered something like Lenovo x1…
Coming into the thread, I had the idea of an inexpensive laptop being something like my old Dell D420 running Ubuntu, but the $1000 mark is what I would personally call expensive -- talk about having the completely wrong idea! Anyway, which type of laptop are you looking for? 17" gaming monster? 12" ultraportable? The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 handles Linux just fine, but I'm not sure whether that's what you're looking fo…
I bought mine via outlet.lenovo.com, and if you have a Visa card, Lenovo has a deal with them at www.lenovo.com/visa whereby one can save a couple hundred dollars off the usual price.
As to which models to look at, the T- and X-series ThinkPads seem to be the ones to get.