It will be hard to find a big name laptop that's not running Vista. Poser and Vista ... well anything and Vista don't mix.

You will need to go with a small PC builder. They are hard to find, grouchy and opinionated. They (we, I) almost always work as a one person shop and build every system as a custom. And NO it's not more expensive than a Dell, dude. Actually I can almost always beat the brand name prices and my system are built clean. No trial ware, no Dell ads built in and no proprietary junk to prevent future upgrades.

I know 3 custom system builders in my town and we all even look the same, like a nerd. No, not the stereotypical "Revenge of the Nerds" nerd.