Well I did it. If all goes well, in roughly two weeks time I will have a new laptop.
After much research, finally decided on a Dell Inspiron 1525 with 160GB HD. In "Midnight Blue". We'll see if it looks like that in real life. *g*
I've been wrangling with the Dell folks all week trying to get this sorted (and I thought researching would be the hardest part. pfft) but it has been ordered, and is currently with 'the carrier'. Now it's just a matter of waiting on the shiny to arrive! :D
And then the real fun begins trying to figure out Vista. *meep*