>...one that will do the following:
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>1. Has a pcm/cia slot for a wireless card.
>2. Will run XP.
>3. Run off a car DC socket (I can give this one up if needed).
>
>It would be nice if it:
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>1. Didn't weigh a ton.
>2. Had a reasonably bright screen.
>3. The battery lasted more than an hour.
>
I've got an Acer Aspire 5100. It is a few hundred more but it has 1 gig of ram and a 120 gig hd. It has builtin wireless, dvd/cd writeable, as far as the car, i bought a 2 pack car converter from Sams for 25.00, so I just plug it in there. The laptop comes with a Turion AMD dual core chip. So far, so good. It is about the third Acer I've had. I've found them to be the best at price/performance. Also, you can get them at Circuit City and get a no interest deal for 6 mos to 18 mos depending on the special they are running.

John