Originally Posted by anrkitec
This laptop has built-in wireless communications options out the wazoo: 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi [with built-in hotspot finder] and Cingular EV-DO. There is also a dedicated button to turn all wireless off at once so as to save power, say like on an airplane.
Minor quibbles: 802.11a/b/g IS Wi-Fi. And pretty much any laptop can run a wireless scanner to find networks. (Doesn't XP itself even let you search for non-broadcast-SSID networks these days anyways?) Cingular operates a UMTS/HSDPA network. Sprint and Verizon operate 1x EV-DO networks. The two standards are not interoperable. The dedicated wireless off button is a nice touch that more devices need.
That looks like a very nice machine though, as far as PCs go. If I wasn't a die-hard OSX user these days I'd be very tempted if I needed a new system.
(Totally sick of Linux for desktop use as well, after running Linux on laptops for several years. Maybe someday it'll get to a point where it'll be worth running somewhere other than on my headless servers.)
Now if I could just get a PowerBook with built-in EV-DO... (or even HSDPA, I'd switch wireless data providers just for having that built-in once Cingular gets their coverage up to par!)