This might depend on the country you're living in.

In Germany, there is Tuxedo[1]. I don't know if they sell to other countries. (I heard that they are identical to machines made by Schenker[2], but I don't have proof of that.) I own a "Tuxedo Book BS1503" myself and we also buy these things at work. From my experience, nVidia GPUs are often the cause of problems, so my configuration only has an integrated Intel GPU.

Everything I ever tried worked out of the box (Linux).

I recommend using Intel hardware. From all the laptops at work, those with "pure" Intel hardware usually work best. I'm not into gaming, though, nor do I use any "desktop effects".

[1] http://www.tuxedocomputers.com/
[2] http://www.mysn.de/


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