> > Another alternitive is an older model IBM Thinkpad -- they have > *Intel's* wireless adapters built-in -- Intel's wireless adaptors are > the most painless wireless adapters in existence since they are > supported by an open-source driver that is included with the base > kernel distro. Almost all others require all sorts of fun and games to > get working under Linux. I think that Thinkpad W-series is the best of Linux laptops, it is still sad that they are using ati card instead of nvidia. My work computer is fujitsu-siemens celsius H250, it is very good but build quality is poor .. Usually this kind of laptops can take up to 8GB of main memory. -- Eero