I have a couple friends who mentioned that they have issues with the 1 TB cap. Both said they tend to stream video all the time when home, sometimes just as a sort of background noise. I'm wondering if this is common behavior among others who have issue with the 1 TB caps?

If you're shopping for an Ubuntu capable laptop at a retail store with displays, bring a Live CD with you.

Etch-A-Sketch! Nothing like shaking the shit out of a $1900 tablet PC until the screen goes blank.