>As to which laptop, let me clue you in on one major drawback I have found to recent models: The touchpad mouse in front of the keyboard. Whoever thought this was a good idea was smoking dope. What happens is that your thumb drags across it when your typing and whatever you are typing ends up at random points in the screen. So if you have to buy a laptop with one of these monstrosities, ensure it can be disabled and you can put an external mouse or trackball on.
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And I thought I was the only one with "fat" fingers. < BG >