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If you are going to have just one machine the docking station (about $75) is terrific. I have one for my Lenovo IBM Thinkpad, have a keyboard and 19" flat screen monitor ($288) hooked up to it. I am much faster on a regular keyboard and mouse and the LCD monitor is easy on the eyes.
I have had about 6 Toshiba laptops, which had alot of problems with the screens. Since I switched to the Thinkpads I have had no problems. The Thinkpad is targeted more for business customers rather than retail. I always thought they were stodgy and overpriced, but after having 2 of them with no problem and heavy use, I am going to stick with them.
A laptop always lags desktops in performance, and desktops are more durable and repairable. I consider having a laptop a must though, we have 4 laptops and one desktop computer in the house, so I guess we are computer centric this house 
Many hotels have ethernet wired connections as well as wireless broadband connectiviy, but most of them charge a fee of $9.95 per day, though some percentage include it for free, or its free if you are a points member. Dialup from a hotel is expensive as hotels usually charge onerous rates to guests, unless you have 800 dialup access.
If you really don't know much anout computers some of the wireless connections can be challenging. I go through this every time I talk to my brother about computers, I tell him how easy it is, and he tells me how it just ain't working on his end.
Years ago I was giving instructions to someone over the phone about how to access a system. I told him exactly what to type, and it just wasn't working. Turns out when I said to type in your userid, space, then password, he literally typed the word S P A C E as well, too funny. Easy for me not so easy for you.
When I get involved with technology and my brother he usually wants to toss the technology in the garbage, and or blows up into the incredible HULK!
Anyway have fun  .
Dennis
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Cutter,
I looked at Nexlinks site, did you get the magnesium case, sounded interesting.
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Hardwood, if you have a computer that is wireless capable, all you have to do is go to your network connections, click on the wireless connection, search for wireless providers from your house. If you don't find one you are too far.
Wireless service has gotten very good, and it is terrific for people who travel or visit customer sites where they are blocked from getting on the customers network. The speeds are usually slower than the fastest rates you can get from a cable or DSL provider. This only becomes meaningful with larger downloads for example, in my case I need to be able to do do massive downloads (10GB) of entire software products.
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Cutter as yoiu put that on there I guess you have seen where people of been arrested for that, I think the one I saw was where a guy had a laptop in his car and was using the residents wireless router. Ouch! hey just trying to send and email to my boss right?
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