Quote Originally Posted by DownByFive

Oh yeah, it has to be a notebook...Lord willing, my career after graduation will involve extensive travelling/living abroad, so a nice desktop won't really work for me.
DownByFive, it occurs to me that if you're buying the machine now that you plan to travel abroad with, you should really take into account where you're going to live, and whether you will be able to find a place to get your computer serviced, should it need it down the road.