Well okay, two people at work bought laptops in the same week. Both people are in management positions, so they can afford shiny things. Both laptops have reasonably efficient 64–bit, dual–core microprocessors: one an Intel Core2 Duo and the other has an AMD Turion64 x2. Both have integrated webcams (one of which follows you around the room, Scooby Doo style :-) Both machines are full–fledged "desktop replacement" candidates and are priced accordingly.
A big laptop would be nice for the lady of the house, but I've been spoiled by the Apple PowerBook Duo and would prefer something smaller. Asus' Eee PC is a likely candidate. I think it's a shame that it doesn't have a Pentium M instead of a Celeron. It might increase the price a little, but my understanding is that the Pentium M has enhanced SpeedStep, which should yield a longer battery life. The Eee PC ships with Linux but it's not clear to me whether the provided GUI is X, or just a graphical framebuffer. If I could use it as a portable, wireless X–terminal then its lack of a hard disk would be a non–issue, since I could run software on a more powerful box tucked away somewhere out of sight.
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