Since this is "MINO" then get a Alienware laptop. But I would also suggest that you get a extra battery, cause with the amount of power those things deliver, your gonna need it. lol

h3r3tic:
Your best bet to get *nix to work on your system is to use the very latest version. I had a laptop, and when I tried to install RH 7.3 on it, it didn't work, but when I put Suse 8.2(new at the time) it worked and installed great.