I finally got off the indecision dime and made a decision on the laptop front. At the top of my list was a Mac G4 15" Powerbook. However, Powerbooks and the Microsoft world of Corporate America just don't go well together. And it's not Apple's fault. And we don't think Microsoft is an monopoly????
After giving up my Powerbook dream, I had my eye on a red Voodoo Envy - it was sooooo cool. However, it was way too expensive - $3500 plus $200 for shipping. And all that for a machine that was really somewhat underpowered.
So, I ended up ordering an HP Pavilion zv5000t. Fully tricked out with a 3 GHZ Pentium 4 chip, 1 Gb of memory, 15" widescreen with a "brite" coating, 60 Gb hard drive, XP Pro, MS Office Small Business Suite, and most importantly, the 3 year fully extended warranty. All that for $2300 - including shipping. I simply got way more bang for my buck. Plus, I've had excellent luck with HP repair (unlike Sony - but that's a whole 'nuther story).
So, the as yet to be named laptop will ship on March 11th. In the name department I'm torn between "Packer" (a play on the name "Packard") or "Vince" - Vince being derived from Vince Lombardi coach of the Green Bay Packers. Get it?
So - what should the new name be? Packer or Vince?
8:13:40 PM 
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