>Mine goes everywhere with me and I've been pleased with it. Be sure to get the best service plan - portable machines get a lot of jostling. Finally, a friend of mine bought a Vaio and as I was helping him get it set up I noticed that there was no Windows key between the Ctrl and Alt keys. I depend heavily on my Win key. If you do too then be sure to check out the keyboard on any machine you buy. As a matter of fact, don't think that you're going to plug a "regular" keyboard or monitor into your machine. Get the largest and best display you can and make sure the keyboard is comfortable.

Just curious what you do with your windows key? I use Win-E to bring up explorer and Win-D for desktop... but I wouldn't say I heavily rely on it.

Thanks,
BOb