rme (hammerfall, etc) have compiled some very interesting recommendations about notebooks for audio:
http://www.rme-audio.com/english/techinfo/index.htm
(the first five or so links). it's slightly windows-centric, but much of it is general and could be useful when considering linux (rme's long-term support for linux is notable, even if it is primarily via third parties).
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I'm currently looking for a notebook with good audio capabilities, it should be linux supported (I'm not going to accept the m$ license agreement) and a decent dri supported / dualheaded gfx card would be nice also I'd like it to be small ideally with detachable floppy/cd