Steve wrote:
Machines come and go in my house. I've had several different laptops and I
currently have 7 desktops. All of the machines have a reason. The last
laptop I had served mostly for accessing source code, music, and other files
while I programmed whatever project I had for the week or the month from my
patio or my bed or wherever I happened to be. It was just to make me mobile
and able to keep working while being mobile.

Currently, I have a couple of consulting projects that require I learn about
wireless networking in the non-licensed bands (2.4 and 5 Ghz) so I can
connect some clients at different distances to a couple of different
networks. So, I'm back in the market to get a good laptop that will aid me
in my education. Even if my laptops are used at home, the reason I've ever
used or owned a laptop was to be mobile (even if that mobility only included
my back yard and my bedroom or kitchen <g>)