Seeing laptop recommendations

>I managed to convince my boss that I need a new laptop. So, I wanted
to get recommendations about what brands and
>models that others have been happy with. I have great latitude in
selected my own laptop - so I'm not restricted to
>certain manufactures.

In my experience, there are three general classifications of laptop:

1. IBM ThinkPads
2. Apple PowerBooks.
3. Crap.