Introducing my laptop, the HP nx9040 , which I bought recently and consider a most valuable addition to my arsenal. QUICK SPEC: Intel Pentium M-II 1.6G with 2M Cache 512M DDR SDRAM 15.1" TFT XGA LCD (1024 * 768) with Intel 64M (32M shared) Video Card 40GB Hard Drive Internal DVD/CD+RW Drive Stereo 16-bit sound System/Speakers Built-in 10/100 Network Card Built-in V90/92 56K Modem Li-Ion Battery (lasts for upto 4 hours in Windows 3.5 in Linux) 2x Fast USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) Ports 1x IEEE 1394 (i.LINK/Firewire) Port 1x S-Video Out 1x VGA Out (ext monitor) 1x RJ-11 for Modem 1x RJ-45 for LAN 2x PCMCIA 1x Audio Out 1x MIC In