I also got a Lenovo Thinkpad with SuSE--I've been very happy with it.
AFAIK Lenovo no longer offers Linux preinstall though.  :^(

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Michael Moore<stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're in the market for a laptop, my brother got a Lenovo Thinkpad
> with Suse pre-installed. He ended up installing Ubuntu, but he's been
> very happy with it (almost a year with it now).
>
> It's not local, but at least you'll know there are Linux drivers for everything.