Santilli

Hi Forgot to say your concern about processor speed is bull. Max hard drive speed for a laptop is the limit on most laptops. Therefore, as long as the thing has a reasonable processor, the biggest problem is the hard drive. IBM pretty much has a monopoly on hard drives, and the others avalible can't clear 12 mb/sec, so it doesn't matter how fast the cpu is. 360mhz to 400 is probably plenty considering the hard drive limitations for laptops. gs

Hi Have a look at Panasonic toughbooks. Panasonic is considered in Japan, to be the best of the electronics companies. I have a TF=37. It is close to bullet proof, light, and feels like a brick house compared to the Viao. Be careful. I bought it from Global in San Jose. Price was incredible. However, support from them is horrible. BBB time. No 98 Cd. No cd insert available. Generally, lot of bull... Too bad, the laptop is incredible. gs