Now that my ADR surgery is potentially right over the horizon, I wonder if now would be a good time to get a new laptop (?), since my current laptop is 5+ years old.

I was thinking that it might be nice to have something farily light and portable that I could use directly after surgery.

I see that Dell is trying to clear out its inventory of Core Duo laptops, presumably to start selling the Core Duo 2 laptops that are right around the corner.

That being said, the E1405 and E1505 look pretty reasonably priced, but the one downside that I see is that they aren't the lightest thing in the world (5-6lbs).

Has anyone bought a laptop recently and/or have any recommendations?

Thanks.

David

Hard call because the Merom chips are coming soon which are faster but run hotter imo. Sony Viao offers very light notebooks but comes at a cost. Also, the smaller, the hotter they are (so much for laptop or having kids). I like Apple b/c it's customer service is excellent. They're refining a way to simultaneously run Windows with their OS Xx (= "Bootcamp").

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?...60815153719791

For instance, an iBook:

http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html

I like the good mail order places for Windows machines b/c you can avoid paying instate taxes. Also they'll throw in goodies like extra ram, a case, etc.

Good luck!

Thanks for the recommendations.

I will probably do something mail order / online, since it is much more convenient. I am also thinking about going to a Dell store somewhere nearby, to get a feel for the physical dimensions of their laptops.

Apple: I have nothing against Apple, but I lean more towards the Windows / Linux environment (although ironically, I do most of my work on the OpenVMS 8.2 platform).

Children: Against my religion.

David