Wooo Hooo!
After "doing computers" for more than 20 years, I finally broke down and got a laptop.
I had always disliked the proprietary hardware of the early systems and the difference in cost between a laptop and desktop of equivalent performance really put me off my feed but, the new crop of systems in the last few years narrows the gap to where it makes sense to own one.
As a caveat; I always went to work and used a desktop and when traveling, was always able to find a machine to use. The issue of absolute portability has never been a concern.
The system I got was an HP Pavilion dv6174cl -- dual core CPU, 2GB RAM, 120GB hard disk and decent NVIDIA graphics. Costco at just under $1,200 -- SKU# 183004
Even has a webcam as witnessed by this photo of your ever-so-erudite pundit:
When do you plan on having the animal guy go up over Mount Everest?
By the way wouldn't somthing go wrong because you would have to work your way up because your body has to produce more hemagloben?
Good luck.
i've got the same laptop as you, dv6174cl, and was wanting to do a fresh start on my computer. I previously deleted the recovery partition and don't want to spend the 20 bucks on the recovery dvds. Do you think it would be possible to upload it somehow. it only works for the specified laptop. i've tried the recovery dvds, from my previous laptop from the, dv5000 and they didn't work.