Plus there was that big laptop battery recall from Dell recently. I have used a Celeron based laptop and the P3 one just blows it out of the water. I think that the new AMD based ones will be a good speed too. I guess it just depends also on how much you are looking to spend. Laptop memory is pretty cheap if you buy it off the web instead of from the dealer as an add on. Not sure how much the big companies charge tho. Steve Maier, MCSD