> My preference would be to go back to a desktop machine. I still prefer the > brighter screens they offer, and I get really cheesed off with the battery > life of a laptop. > > I'll come back to laptops when the battery lasts all day, and not a measly > couple of hours, and when the speakers are at least on a par with that of > the PC laptop world. Make the move onto solid state hard drives. Are there > any negative aspects to these kinds of drives? What's stopping them? Price, and speed I think (more important in the long run, since Moore has always been able to fix the first issue in due time, but not always the second issue). /Ted