I would by from system76 or framework - dedicated linux companies that will ensure things work.

https://frame.work/laptop13

I have a AMD 370 AI based Framework 13 and its really dang good. They have Intel and ~~ARM~~ RISC V options on top of the AMD options. I will say AMD graphics are probably the best experience you can have in linux at the moment. Nvidia is making some gains, and Intel's next generation may have a decent iGPU finally.

The larger Framework 16 has a modular GPU tray that gives you options on different GPUs. I have not personally used one of these but the 16 looks awesome other than its size/weight for my applications.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/this-is-xps-now/

The new Dell XPS is probably another option.

Your budget may be a challenge right now since RAM prices have gone nuts. 32gb of DDR5 can cost $400us on its own.

I use a Tuxedo Computers InfinityBook 15.

Pros:

• Vendor Linux support. I don't care about using a supported distro, but if a vendor ships with Linux, it's pretty good odd that the hardware will work with any distro without any weird quirks.

• Being able to order with a fairly large amount of memory (I use 96 GB, and it's available with 128GB now), though with what memory prices have done recently, memory may be limited more by price than motherboard capacity. I'm sure that it'd blow a 900 euro budget.

• Large battery (can get 100 Wh, the most you can fly with in the US).

• Screen can get up to be fairly bright, which is nice for use in brighter environments. My past laptops, mostly Thinkpads, tended to fairly dim screens.

Cons:

• Ships from Europe (Tuxedo is German). With Trump-era tariffs, buying them in the US is going to be more-painful. It also took a while to ship to the US when I bought it. You're using a euro sign, so it may not be a con for you.

• I'm not rabid about the trackpad, which is large and doesn't have physical buttons. I find myself bumping the trackpad occasionally, and have set up keybindings to disable it in some games where it's a problem. I'm a fan of Synaptics trackpads of the sort that Thinkpads have, a smaller pad with three built-in physical buttons (Linux being a good environment to use three buttons), but very few laptops have this; some Thinkpads do.

• The power light does not pulse when the laptop is in sleep (not hibernate) mode; if there is a way to remedy this, I have not found it. I have my system set up to, on lid close, sleep, then hibernate after ten minutes or so, so tapping the power button will shut the system down depending upon how long it's been sleeping; something that I don't want to accidentally do when it's still just in sleep mode. Many laptops are able to do this.

• There's more flex to the case than Thinkpads, which are mostly what I've used in the past. Putting a lot of pressure on the bottom of the case below the fan, like squeezing the case hard, is enough to make it impact the fan when it's spinning.

In the past, I have used mostly Thinkpads, but Lenovo has tended to take them in an increasingly inexpensive-but-not-as-good direction from where IBM originally had 'em. For me, the two front-runners when getting this one were either Tuxedo or Framework.

I am currently encountering issues with AMD hardware on my main machine

I have an AMD processor. I'm not sure what your concern is

like, are you wanting a laptop with an Intel CPU, or just not to have a discrete AMD GPU, or are you just frustrated at that other laptop?

You'll always get better value for money buying second hand. In most cases the battery will be fine, but if you find it too degraded you can just buy a new battery and still be ahead. Slightly older hardware is more reliable and compatible than brand new if you do some research, especially for linux as drivers have had time to catch up.

Check out Star Labs. Their hardware is top notch, Linux-first, comes with Coreboot, and their customer support is excellent. They are hot on firmware updates too. I've had a really good experience with them.

This may be cliché but I'd still go with a ThinkPad. This summer I bought a used (lease return) entry level ThinkPad E15 Gen 1 but with 40 Gigs of RAM for 500 € and it has perfectly fine build quality (even though ThinkPad became a lot cheaper since Lenevo took over and are no indestructible bricks anymore like in the old days). Since then it has been my daily driver and it is an absolute workhorse fulfilling all my needs (browsing, media, office, programming).

For comparison I have a HP 250 G7 (which should've been decommissioned at this point but well...) and apart from it being old and having not nearly enough power for my needs, it's quality is just nowhere near my ThinkPad. It just feels plasticky and cheap... Uck....

In Europe you could also check out Starlabs, which are more local and will have extensive replacement parts available.

https://starlabs.systems/

Framework is great