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I highly recommend the Acer Aspire S7. It is a pain to get Linux onto, but once you do get it on there, it's an absolute pleasure to work with in Ubuntu. The keyboard will take some getting used to. I have literally written tens of thousands of lines of code on this device and can't imagine using another laptop anymore.

To get the thing to run Linux properly, you have to disable some bios settings, create a software raid device, and play some games with a recovery CD to get the installation to boot properly. It took me a week to figure it out. I wish it weren't so painful, but the hardware is so light and thin that it was worth the pain.

Highly recommend!