I recently exchanged my old Sony 505 (PCG-N505VE) for a new machine. The Sony was nice and light (2.7lb) and served me well for 3 years. However, it had a smallish keyboard and screen and did not have an internal CD-Rom or LAN conneciton.

After several months of watching the market, I replaced it with a Fujitsu S-6110. It's a P4 1200mhz machine with a 40gb drive, 512k ram, 13" screen, wi-fi, internal LAN connection and DVD/CD burner. With the DVD, it weighs 4.5lb and 3.8lb without. I paid $1600. For me, it was the best bang for the buck. After 6 weeks, I'm very happy with it.

Of course, that all got blown out of the water this past week with the introduction of the new Centrino machines.

[This message has been edited by BillMorrow (edited 03-22-2003).]