I just got a new Toshiba Tecra M1 from cdw.com with the following: 1.6GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 14.1" SXGA+ active-matrix display I've installed VS 2003, and it runs much faster than my older Thinkpad. I had purchased a Dell Latitude D600, but ended up returning it because it ran way too hot and the keyboard sucked. I've owned many Tecra's in the past and they have great build quality and the M1 is pretty light (~6 lbs.). The only thing I don't like is the windows key is located at the top right of the keyboard, but if you use an external keyboard most of the time it's not a problem. Jason

The enterprise edition really only buys you clustering ability, ability to have indexed views, more than 2GB of RAM, more than 4 CPU's. I've used both editions and haven't seen any major performance difference. Although I've only ever run enterprise on mission critical sites under heavy load. See http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/planning/ChoosEd.doc for more info. Hope this helps. Jason Cono, MCSD jcono@ripedev.com

This is because the table and primary key (or clustered index) have to be on the same filegroup. You can create a table on the MM32TABLES group and then create a non-clustered index on MM32INDEXES. Jason Cono, MCSD

You need to make sure that the SQL Server is set up to use TCP\IP protocol and then on your client machines in the setup of the DSN you need to make sure they are trying to connect via TCP and not Named Pipes (which would only work in you intranet). Jason Cono, MCSD

I have a toshiba tecra 8100, which has a P3 700, 256MB RAM, 14.1 inch screen and a 12 Gig drive. Any laptop you get you'll definately need at least 256MB RAM. I've used toshiba laptops for the past 6 years and they have all worked great. One of the things I love about them is that they use an eraser head mouse pointer instead of the the touch pad in most other laptops (Dell, Compaq, Etc). I've also heard a lot of good things about IBM thinkpads, but they can be very expensive. Jason Cono, MCSD