The OEMs have been quite terrible for a long time. Even Lenovo is a barely-trustworthy brand to me anymore -- and it's the only brand and they don't currently have anything in their product lineup that I'd be happy to use. Dell and HP have become especially crap. Toshiba, which used to be crap is now somehow the better mass-market OEM out there. I wouldn't spend my own money on anything from Asus; every single Asus product I've ever come across has failed in under 3 years.

What I really want is for Apple to make an iPad that will let me use a USB keyboard. Safari and SSH are all I need.