I boycott Apple, so I have no opinion on Macs. I had fantastic luck with a Gateway I bought 5 years ago that is just now showing its age because the hinge is b

I boycott Apple, so I have no opinion on Macs. I had fantastic luck with a Gateway I bought 5 years ago that is just now showing its age because the hinge is busted. At the time, it was their "platinum" model for developers - 2 gigs of RAM and one of the first Core2 Duo's. Sadly, they don't make an equivalent anymore that I know of, so to replace it I went with a cheap HP that I will pass to the wife later this year. I am saving up for a System76 machine that I'll get myself over the summer, as I've heard good things about them and run Linux wherever possible.