OT: Poor Web Design

[GCC Consulting]

> 
> Why the seeming standardization of laptops to such small 
> drives?  Why don't they come standard with 250GB drives?  
> That's the smallest drive I'd want in a single-drive system, 
> personally.
> 
> The better question is this:  Can you white-box a laptop?  
> I've never heard of anyone doing it.  All the laptops I know 
> of are brand-name.  I was considering Sony at one 
> point--until I found out they have serious video card 
> shortcomings on some models (a pretty decent one wouldn't 
> even play Sony's own EverQuest, and although I acknowledge 
> that Verant owned that and was bought out, the laptop in 
> question was released far after that).
> 
> I'll probably still go Sony when I get one.  I hate Compaq, 
> and I haven't trusted HP since the desktop systems they 
> released in '93-95, much less their later offerings.  Dell is 
> pricey and the support is supposed to be the worst in the 
> industry.  Who's left?  Gateway, maybe...?
> 
> mark->

Think "ThinkPad"!!  I have had 2.  my latest one is a T40.  gets about 4 1/2
hours on the battery.  Has a 14" screen, 30 gb hard drive, 512 GB memory,
wireless, modem, Ethernet, 2 2.0 USB ports.  Has both touchpad and the
touchpoint (eraser head - which I prefer).  

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting