I have several friends who are either "geeks" and/or IT Managers and all say the same:
for general, all around use get the "IBM"-now Lenovo:
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/en/
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...FABC3CE1BC569A
of which they all lean on the Think Pads:
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...8E19B36EC665A7
Can get them with finger print ID
For something very specal, check out:
http://www.alienware.com/
Laptops:
http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pag...me_office.aspx
Can order APC's finger print system as an add on.