I'm not sure if your friend is into budget laptops but I'm using Lenovo B450
Intel Core2 Duo T6750. Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx works perfectly.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I have a friend who wants to buy a 64 bit laptop that one of you has had
> success installing Linux on.  His budget is around $800.  He's returning a
> Toshiba Sattelite model whose internal wifi isn't supported at all.  I'd
> like to find him one that has atheros-based wifi that madwifi recognizes
> without any hassle.  The distro we want to use is Ubuntu / Mint.  Please
> reply if you've had this type of experience with the brand / make of the
> laptop.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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