Thinkpads aren't nearly as sleek looking, but they are IMO much easier to work on, and no integrated battery, and on some (T400 in my case) 100% hardware suppor

Thinkpads aren't nearly as sleek looking, but they are IMO much easier to work on, and no integrated battery, and on some (T400 in my case) 100% hardware support for Debian/Ubuntu/CENTOS out of the box.