My personal opinion, and without naming any brands: 1/ a Centrino 1.4 or 1.6 works just fine and produces less loise than a P4. It also is compareable with a P4 that is much faster: C1.4 is appr a P4 2.4GHz 2/ try to get one with an extended 1024(so this is larger)x768 view (comes in handy for the library) 3/ get at least 512MB DDRam 4/ get a real vid card, no shared "act-as-if", 64MB is opk as Poser cannot make use of OpenGL etc. If possible, see that you have an output for an external monitor. Advantage: at home you connect to your desktop monitor if you want to. 5/ If you happen to have a desktop, see that you can network files, but don't install Poser on both as they may not be active together (Eula!!!) 6/ get an usb mouse, prefereably with light instead of a ball

I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now I'll be mad. (Rumi)