I truly wish they were. I buy a new laptop every 3-5 years. I always check for Ubuntu pre-installed - or any distro, really, but unfortunately that's always o

I truly wish they were. I buy a new laptop every 3-5 years. I always check for Ubuntu pre-installed - or any distro, really, but unfortunately that's always on the "Developer Series" on a single model that's less sleek than the others for 3-4 times my budget. I can never seem to find a sub $1k laptop with Ubuntu on it in a store (online or brick). It blows my mind that I have to pay a lot more money for a computer with a mature free OS on it.