i gotta change my tune a little

DELL is actually a pretty impressive company. the Li'l Lappy works great. The technician came in at 9:30 this morning (i called for him on friday) and he replaced a part that i claimed was defective. it's rather strange, but the touchpad was acting up for about an hour the second day after i got this Latitude X1. It miraculously healed itself over the weekend, but he came by anyway with a replacement this morning and swapped it out with no questions asked.
nice.
and it's rather comforting to have that "I can play frisbee with my laptop if i really wanna" warranty...
All in all, if you have to buy a laptop for work related (Microsoft Office and such, NOT Human Genome calculation or Doom 4 reviewing) whatnot and your budget allows for about 2,500$ (tax, extra do-dads, mega warranty, etc), then this is the system for you.