I have a Dell Latitude X200. It's great - one BIG plus is that the basic laptop doesn't have a CD/DVD drive or FD drive, so you can use it on an airline flight without any problems. The drives are actually housed in an external 'media bay' the same size and weight as the computer - so when you need it, just click the 2 together (the laptop sits firmly on top of the Media Base)! Takes about 1 second!
Now that the X200 is being replaced by the X300, Dell's site is offering £500 off the X200 for the next couple of days. If I were you, I'd leap at the chance!
Go for the Media Base with DVD/CD-RW and FDD, it comes with an integral 802.11b wireless card anyway, but you might want extra memory and a spare battery (they last about 2 hours without charging).
It's a vastly superior product to my old Latitude LT - and the 800 MHz Intel Pentium III processor is fast enough for me to run WinXP Pro and Broadband Internet at 576 Kbps with no problems.
Actually I'd choose an X200 over an X300 given the choice - it's slightly smaller, has 2 USB connectors on the computer and another 2 on the mediabase, plus the mediabase holds both a DVD/CD-RW drive and a FDD. Whereas the X300 has a faster processor, but only 1 USB port on the computer (which is a pain if you're using a printer and want to transfer data to a USB memory stick), the mediabase only holds 1 drive system - although it does house a small subwoofer and allows you to charge another battery which the X200's doesn't.
Last edited by BEagle; 29th October 2003 at 17:39.