OT But 914 board related..., I need a new laptop Options

[Mrs. K]

Hi Guys and Gals,
So I am in the market for a new laptop....mine currently is a Dell Inspirion with a Celeron processor
( can you spell S L O W )

So I was wondering what recomendations you all might have.

I looked at the new Sony Vaio FE 550 with the built in web cam and mic...and their new "X brite" screen. It's pretty cool. I also want at least 100 G HD.

All suggestions appreciated (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif)

Lisa (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif)

[campbellcj]

I have a Thinkpad Z60m on order for work; it should finally be here Monday. It will replace my current Thinkpad A31 which is about 3 yrs old and 'maxed out' for my purposes so I'll hand it down to another employee. The Thinkpads can be spendy but I typically have to customize and/or get the top-line config as it is my main machine for work and I do development and customer demos on it. We've been using the Thinkpads since about 1997 with excellent satisfaction. We use Dell servers and desktops but I have never been turned on by what I've heard/read about their portables.

For personal/home use I would seriously consider a Mac. My wife is currently using my old Sony Vaio subnotebook and when it craps out I think we'll go the Mac route.