[bigbadhenchman]

Well, I don't know what price range you're in. But if you want soemthignt hat for sure works, look at the emachines/gateway AMD64 series.
They are know to work 100% for sure. Tons of folks have been using them, and they're great value for the money.
I won an emachines M6805 myself, and love it and have had zero problems running Nuendo with a Firebox and Pro-Tools M-powered with an M-Audio transit. Both Interfaces hooke dup at the same time.

Not bad for a $1k laptop.