I have been away from the internet for a very long time, and I come back, and all of a sudden, it seems like, my distro of choice has gone through some major changes and updates. I find myself in need of not only an update, but a cheap laptop.

My main question lies in the new graphical tricks in SUSE 10.2... Are there any reccommended system requirements to have them run smoothly? Most of the laptop installation run-throughs on linux-laptop.net stop detailing how the distro runs after the install bit, so I have little to go off of as far as performance goes.

So, are there any laptops in particular that people can suggest for SUSE 10.2? What is the absolute worst a system can be eqipped and still function smoothly with all the tricks? Where are the places online where I can either customize a laptop build without some version of Windows on it, or buy a cheap, but effective laptop?

And if my questions could've been easily found somewhere on the internet, please redirect me... I'm stealing the internet from some poor bloke in my apartment buulding, and typing this with a Wiimote.

Thanks.