Just an FYI - I hate Microsoft petty bad right now because I've been trying to implement a SQL Server cluster in Amazon's cloud service and it's been ridiculously overly complicated, but I've been looking for a new laptop and their store sells them without any bloatware at very competitive prices, plus customer comments are very positive, which is pretty shocking to me:
I may wind up purchasing an Acer or Asus from them (which was probably made in frikin China.)
If you check around, you might find that Asus is made in Taiwan. At least I think it was the last time I checked.