>Hi all,
>
>I am looking into buying a laptop that will be primarily use for development.
>I really like the ones with 17" monitor and I am thinking about the HP Pavillion.
>I know there was a thread a while ago in which someone asked pretty much the same question but I am not able to find it.
>Any suggestions/recommendations are welcome.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Vlad

Hi Vlad. I have developed on a laptop for the last 10+ years. I have used Compaq, Dell, HP, as well as some other lesser brand names. Two weeks ago I bought a new one - the IBM Thinkpad T43 (yes I know about Lenova). In my opinion this is the best I have ever worked on; slim, slick, sweet with 1Gb ram, 60Gb hdd, built in CD/DVD writer/reader, fingerprint reader, etc, etc. Awesome :)