I'm Wintel myself - started that way and I have too much invested in Wintel software and hardware to change now.
I have an excellent "lapdesk". It doesn't pretend to be a lightweight laptop with 5hr+ battery life. But it
is a full-featured, game playing, multimedia folding desktop replacement that you can take with you when you travel (and proon as necessary.)
If you want to save space, have multimedia desktop functionality, committed to Wintel for whatever reason and don't care too much about the travelling aspects (weight, battery life) it's fabulous. And cheap.
Medion 5400 from Aldi!!! When I bought mine, about half to 2/3 the cost of equivalently specced other Wintel laptops.
They have a later one recently released in Oz, cheaper but not as good, IMO. Things may be different in the Northern Hemisphere with models, features, value for money.
But Towers, that is an awesome CV. If I was starting out you'd have convinced me and I likely would have travelled a different road ....
Cheers
AA
BTW, Towers, I note your replies in a couple of my threads where I detailed my travails - mostly due to my penchant for not-completely-informed fiddling. Now they're sorted, my system(s) are stable, so Wintel, especially with XP, is not so bad, IMO.
