Ok friends and techy sorts, if I'm going to get a new laptop, er, notebook computer, what should I get?

What I want:

• a machine that can connect to my home network, even from (gasp) upstairs on the other side of the house
• a machine that can run Firefox, iTunes, and Quickbooks at the same time without choking to death. Double plus bonus points if I ( Read more... )

Long-time readers may remember that I have an anti-technology aura that occasionally causes all sorts of havoc around home and office. Occasionally electronic gadgets just blow up or stop functioning around me. I don't know why. I swear, I don't have to be actually even using the item, I just need to be in proximity ( Read more... )

After many months of using Thunderbird for e-mail, I'm finding that I just really prefer the all-in-one e-mail/contacts/calendar program. Plus, Thunderbird doesn't synch with my Palm ( Read more... )