[lhl]

You can check out Slimbook (ES based) which has some nice Clevo ultrabook models (Intel-only). For those in the US, IMO System76 seems to be providing the most value add from the Linux system vendors these days.

[wazoox]

Someone just told me on Diaspora that their Tuxedo-badged, Clevo-made laptops were horrible, fragile, with poor linux compatibility :)