Tony - great about the laptop! I've always used them - when I worked it traveled to work and back with me - as my work was rather never ending and wanted to go home once in a while! I've had several that really never had problems with! Just seems like I've had a run of back luck lately! But agree with you and Billye - can be essential at times when sitting is difficult for any period of time.... I also always have used an external mouse with mine - much easier then those "mouse touch pads" on the machines....

Billye - gorgeous photo! Dahlek - wheres the pix?????????????

Oh Melody - thats how my last laptop met its final demise last February (or when I reached my boiling point and made them take the machine back - I let tech support take over my puter and within 30 seconds the tech had somehow corrupted the hard drive - oops - just hung up and that was that - I called back and demanded my money back - gotta watch out for those guys (or gals) sometimes!