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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cybertalus" data-source="post: 1483705" data-attributes="member: 4400">A few things to consider about laptops:Compared to desktops, they aren't very upgradeable.  You might be able to add some RAM or a bigger hard drive, but in all likelihood you will be stuck with whatever video card you get at the time of purchase.  The inability to upgrade your video card will probably br the biggest single obstacle to future game playing.Laptop keyboards are awful.  In particular if you're used to doing tasks which make use of a numeric keypad you will have problems.  The lack of a numeric keypad is the reason I never played Civ 2 Gold on my laptop.If you don't like touchpads you're going to find your choices pretty narrow.  Last I knew the only currently alternative is the little "eraser head" device (sometimes called an Accupoint) that sits in the middle of the keyboard, and AFAIK that is only available on IBM and Toshiba laptops (though Toshiba may be phasing it out as well).Being able to surf the net while lying on the couch is very cool, although for this application the lighter the computer the better.  Eight and a half pounds doesn't sound like much until you leave it sitting on your chest for a while.You'll want to pick a computer with a screen resolution you can live with.  Computers now may be different (my laptop is four years old -- an eternity in computer time), but my laptop can actually only handle one resolution -- 800 x 600.  It can simulate 640 x 480 with large black borders at the edge of the screen, or higher resolutions by putting part of the windows offscreen and allowing panning, but the screen itself never changes from 800 x 600.I'm not saying any of this to discourage you.  My laptop was my main computer for about three years and I don't regret having bought it.  It's just that there are a lot of tradeoffs to make in order to get portability.</blockquote>

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