>Well, for workhorses, we love our Dell Latitudes. Been using them
>solidly, every day, for the past year and a half now.
>
>For what you need a laptop for, it sounds like any of the choices you
>mentioned would be good. I'm not a total tech head so I can't give you
>tips on which one performs better internally ... But I think as long as
>you can upgrade the memory, and perhaps the hard-drive, then any of them
>are going to suit your basic needs.
>
>They really make the machines full featured these days. So if you aren't
>doing any development on them, even the basic model will liekly do what
>you need.
>
>Nice extras would be built in wireless or at least a PCMIA slot for a
>wireless card. Also your usual assortment of usb, serial, firewire, etc,
>holes and stuff. :D
>
>Oh! And you really should spring for the accidental breakage coverage.
>It's TOTALLY worth it IMHO ... We needed it for Phil's laptop when the
>screen got broke on a plane somewhere ... Dell came to the house and
>replaced it in like 24 hours.
>
>Good luck!
Good points. I know I will definitely need a firewire port.
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