I can see why you don't like Mac, personally, I try to stay away from them - I really cant stand their advertising with all the lies in the Mac vs PC debate and the whole - be an individual - image that they portray while offering a choice of three models. I also think Steve Jobs is a jerk (although its more of an undisputed fact).

Sorry to hear about the 680m, I'm still running my 700m with Ubuntu that I bought almost five years ago.

I've heard good things about Samsung laptops, although they don't have as long a track record as some of the other guys.