Well, even with several laptops in my office to choose from (Dell 2 GHz, 15" G4 powerbook, Compaq 1.4 GHz, IBM...) I was still unhappy. I wanted something REALLY small - that would be easy to carry around, had long battery life and would both burn a CD and play a DVD...and really important..is viewable while outdoors. That last requirement removes most laptops. Oh, I've already got a Toshiba e310 PDA - sorry - not good enough. Well, I'm hoping I found itThe Sony VAIO TR2A:

- 10.6" TFT screen (my favorite feature - works outdoors)
- Centrino 1 GHz processor/855 processor/WiFi capable
- 40 G hard drive/512 sdram
- CD -RW/DVD drive

and a bunch of Sony extras like a built-in web cam, memory stick capabilities, etc.

I'm really stressing my wifi network at home now. My TiVo had trouble (took a while) pulling up family photos while 5 people were downloading files and somebody was using xbox live. Still, can't complain...I switched this laptop to Verizon's EV-DO service in San Diego and am getting 350 kbps around the house on it.