Don't forget liberals and conservatives living together in peace and SF cheering all Nats equally 
My $399 clearance special Compaq has lasted me almost 3 years now for the things I need a notebook for. Battery is just about shot though.
I'd love to see Apple sell Mac OS for "PC" but it'll never happen. They make their bread and butter on stylish overpriced hardware, not on their OS. For those of us who want Unix-like OSes without the Mac tax, there's Linux. Meh. Great server, horrible desktop.
I believe we've come full circle now, yes? 
www.titannotebook.com - cheap generic batteries. Dirt cheap. I'm on my 3rd one, but the warranty covered everything except 1 way shipping.
