I use a ACER.


Look here;

http://www.antarctica-rbak.nl/ubuntu/acer_aspire.php

I have a Dell Inspiron e1705 (yep, the big one) and it works just wonderful with SuSE 10.1 and 10.2.

I have the widescreen 1440x900 resolution (Same size as a 19" normal LCD like the Dell 1905FP but about 3 inches shorter in height).

1 GB of RAM

Intel Core II Duo 1.83 GHz

ATI Radeon Mobility x1400 Video card which work great with the ATI proprietary drivers (including 3D / open GL support).

With SuSE, this laptop stays cooler than it does with Windows XP Media Center 2005.

I have been running Debian Etch on a Thinkpad R51 for a year now and am happy.

As others have pointed out, some of the older hardware seems to run just fine. I have an old DELL c600 that I bought used and I've run various flavors of Linux on it (Fedora, Mepis, Kubuntu and SUSE). I would note that the Debian variants I've used (Kubuntu & Mepis) ran much faster than SUSE or Fedora.

I get a flawless install of Ubuntu 6.10 on my Inspiron 6000
It supports all my special features (i.e. Hibranate, Mediakeys, Widescreen Monitor) and can run Beryl and XGL OK.

i currently own a Lenovo Thinpad T60p running Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy eft). this machine built like a tank, i'd say as well as any Macbook. Ubuntu ran great right out of the box, with most hardware supported. the only drivers i had to monkey with were the fingerprint reader and the ati video card for 3D acceleration. best of all, power management works great by default!
i've run MANY different distros on many more laptops by Dell, HP, Toshiba, Apple, etc. this is certainly the best combination i've ever had, second would probably be Gentoo on an iBook G4 (a headache to set up). not to gloat, but beryl on a thinkpad puts most apple enthusiasts and certainly vista users back in their seats!