http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2006/05/26/laptop-advice.aspxKathy Schrock , one of the all time pioneer educators on the web and in using technology in education, has some great pointers on her blog . I like her list of the 7 Ps. I would modify one thing. She recommends 512 to 1024 MB of main memory and I woulden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2006/05/26/laptop-advice.aspx#609253Sun, 28 May 2006 14:27:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:609253Kathy SchrockThanks for the idea about the external monitor. I have added that idea to the original post (with attribution to you, of course!) and have changed the RAM recommendation to 1 gig. <br> <br>Kathy