look under debian's list of vendors that preinstall
http://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed#us

try looking at smaller manufacturers as well. these people 
http://www.powernotebooks.com/index.php3 are known as having the 
absolute best customer service.  they don't sell linux on their laptops, 
but they have a forum for people who put linux on them.

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