Lenovo's flagship toys command a premium price. Their quite-recent-but-forgotten-powerhouses are cheep like a budgie: http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=lenovo%20x200&clk_rvr_id=549868404242 for examples. Rock solid, dual or quad core monsters for less than a couple of hundred bucks? Sign me up! (Oh hang on - I have one already) :) -- crash