Apple's are beautiful, and priced like it.
IBM has made some wonderfil machines in the not too distant past, if there new models are as nice, there a safe bet.
Otherwise..
http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.html
Who are sold by
http://www.pctorque.com/
I owned a Sager 5660 not long ago which had a 3.06 HT P4, 1gig of ram, Radeon 9K, SXGA+ screen, and it was just amazing for the money. There is a heck of a support comunity as well.
And best of all you can get it in the same color as your Mercedes.
I've owned/built and otherwise screwed with a heck of a lot of PC's and laptops both as a hobby and profesionaly, and I have zero problem recomending Sager.
There made by Clevo BTW, which supply the basic machines to several companys like Sager that lightly customize them. They also suplied Alienware at one time, if your familier with them.