Laptop advice

["suman.karumuri@gmail.com" <user=1567@nabble.blu.org>]

 Hi all, 

I am planning to phase out my old laptop and buy a new one. I consider 
myself an expert linux user (I use mostly command line and browser) 
and am looking for laptops that are good for college students( I am a 
grad student at brown) and support linux. 

I need the following things from a laptop: 

Wireless and Bluetooth (wireless keyboard and mouse) 
Built-in cam and mic (for video chat) 
A "non-glossy" high resolution screen 
Portable with Good battery life. 
No need to have fantastic gaming capabilities, but should be able to 
run simple graphics applications. 
HDMI/S-Video (to watch TV) 

I have the following options: 

Dell XPS 1550.(Glossy Screen) 
IBMThinkpad T61. (non glossy screen but no multimedia options) 
Acer M50v series.(Glossy screen) 
Macbook pro(expensive) 
Power notebooks (http://www.powernotebooks.com/) 

I would be glad to know: 
1) Your experiences using linux on any of these. 
2) Does powernotebooks have decent linux support? 
3) Is there something I can do to make the glossy screen, non-glossy? 
4) Any non-mainstream companies, that sell linux laptops at a reasonable price? 
5) Please point out anything I may be missing. 

While I am at it, how well-supported are tablet PCs on linux? If one 
is a command line user, will a tablet PC make my life any better than 
a laptop? 

Thanks for your time, 
-S- 

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