Pax D & I each have *very* nice Toshiba laptops. They have a huge range of features:
P4 M @ 2Ghz
512 DDR RAM (1Gb max)
60 Gb HD
Combo DVD & CD-RW. Fortunately the drive can have its region coding easily removed.
1600x1200 15"screen driven by nVidia GeForce440 Go 64Mb graphics chip. Can drive dual displays: any two of screen, monitor & TV.
802.11b WiFi + Bluetooth
3xUSB
1x1394 Firewire
2xPC-Card slots
usual modem, 10/100 LAN, 2xPC-card slots, external monitor port & IR
Other goodies:
various line ins & outs, incl digital optical f& PAL/NTSC TV outs.
Harmon Kardon speakers + subwoofer. Best sound I've ever heard from a laptop.
SM & SD slots
Remote control for playing music & DVDs. Can play music CDs without switching the whole thing on.
A really useful touchpad that has an integral backlight & is programmable for various applets, functions & hotspots. Some applets include a calculator, signature utility & the like.
Excellent range of boot devices: external USB floppy, HD, CD/DVD, PC-Card, network.
My biggest gripe is with f@#$%g Toshiba & some of their decisions:
1. There is no way to access the BIOS without booting WinXP.
2. It's not possible to entirely switch the machine off. There's always a trickle to the IR & CD player circuitry. Bit of a bastard, that.
3. They only supply a #$$%%^&*&((%$&^
restore disk that wipes the whole drive for a single partition. This effectively cripples some of the utility of Windoze XP AND prevents a system re-install without touching a separate data partition.
They're a bit over a year old now & the only mechanical gripe I've had is a button on the pad coming off. A bit of bluetack fixed that.