Laptops, anyone?

[Forrest Cahoon <forrest@pconline.com>]

Greetings, fellow Linuxers!

I'm thinking about getting a laptop to run Linux on, so I can hang out
in the coffee shops while I do my computer art programming (some of
which you can see at http://www.pconline.com/~forrest/).

I've been eyeing that VA Research laptop
(http://www.varesearch.com/products/vb.html), but I really don't want
to spend that much money; it seems to me that I should be able to get
something for around $2K.  Plus, I'd rather have an installation based
on Debian than Red Hat.  But ... I'm really worried about finding a
laptop that will work with Linux, especially the video.  I'd be a lot
more comfortable buying something that I knew someone got to work with
Linux.

Does anyone have any laptop experiences to share, positive or negative?

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