A month or so ago, I bought my wife a laptop. She is going back to school to get a nursing degree, and wanted a laptop for studying, writing, etc. She searched around and chose a Toshiba M35X-S149. It’s a fairly low-end model, well under $1000 after rebates, but has a nice wide 15.4 screen, comfortable keyboard, built in wireless, CDR and DVD player, all the bells and whistles. Actually, it was supposed to be “ours”, but she’d be the main one using it, and her birthday was coming up, and…
The problem was, I fell in love with it. It was such a pleasure to use. I’d never had my own laptop before. I knew I was eventually going to want one for Flash in the Can in April, and other travel situations, but I kept saying, “I’d really like to have a laptop, but I’d never actually use it.”
End of December, I got paid by a client, figured I could use the tax deduction for 2004, since I was going to buy one by spring anyway. I went out and got the exact same model.
That thing about “never actually using it”… bah! I’m using it more than my desktop now. I’ve extracted myself from my desk and have set up shop on the sofa. I even convinced my coworker, Sam Robbins (a die hard Mac user) to get the same model. This machine rocks. If your only pc is a laptop, you’d probably want a higher end model, but as a second pc, occasional travel device, or sofa office setup, you can’t beat it for the price.