w00t! New Laptop

Acer TravelMate 292LMi XPP

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 1.5 GHz

512 PC2100 DDR-SDRAM

40GB hard drive

15" Active colour screen with XGA Resolution

CDRW + DVD Combo

Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology with up to 64 MB VRAM

Built-in 56Kbps international fax/modem + 10/100 LAN & 802.11b/g Wi-Fi LAN

Fast Infra-red, FireWire, S-Video ports

3 USB 2.0 ports

1 Type II slot

Windows XP Professional

If only they whacked in more pre-loaded software and perhaps the inclusion of a floppy drive. USB storage sticks are still too expensive in my opinion and besides, I have stacks of floppy disks lying around.