[daveT]

I did hear quite a few bad things about Dell. Not sure about them. Just the fact that they are the number 1 selling computer sort of turns me off.

Those Lenovos look alright.

Think Pad T 61 looks like it would be a nice balance.

As I said, I don't want to skimp on processing, but I don't want to double the price of this thing. Upgrade?

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7800 (2.6GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)

All total, it will go about 1K, not too shabby. Sort of remember the Dells going for about the same, but I don't think this came standard with a 1G memory.

Still undecided. This processing power thing is sort of what I was getting at in the OP. Is there going to be a noticeable difference here?