Ok, now we're getting somewhere. One concern I had about a laptop was screen resolution. Poser 5 can be really cluttered until you can get the better screen resolutions. I was running somewhere around 1280x (something) on my desktop. Now I'm about ready to see about taking some classes or courses to get certified in either the "techie" side of PC's (such as Administering Windows XP and Windows 2000) or the more creative side, such as learning Dreamweaver MX, Java, PhotoShop, etc and doing web sites. A laptop (notebook, whatever) would be of a great help in the academic situation. I am sticking with the PC platform since all my software and hardware is PC stuff. Oh, and my copy of Poser 5 is for the PC too!!!