Compaq/HP seem pretty good - the widescreen HP Pavilion (15.4", 120GB h/drive, Vista Home Premium, 2GB memory etc.) that Tesco sells at about £370 seems to work well enough, including wi-fi.
Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/