I have a Toshiba Satellite M100 that runs Ubuntu just fine. This machine is about 2 years old (ancient in laptop years, I know) but still runs fine. I got it ne

I have a Toshiba Satellite M100 that runs Ubuntu just fine. This machine is about 2 years old (ancient in laptop years, I know) but still runs fine. I got it new for around $1300. A similar model purchased today will run you easily under $1,000. I have a 14.1" screen, 1.25G Ram, Core Duo @ 1.66GHz, ATi x1400 graphics card, and it runs Ubuntu just fine. It also runs Vista though it was made for XP. The media buttons also work in Ubuntu, but the fingerprint reader and remote control don't, unfortunately. I can live with that though.