thanks for the advice about dell sarahpvc! I'd heard similar things from other friends, but they don't seem as clued in as yourself!

i currently hav a samsung laptop, my pride and joy,

a complete workhorse, hav win2k3 server n debian linux on it and no problems except the ones i give it!

unfortunately samsung bring out so many models so quickly, it was obsolete and unsupported within 2 months!