What I really wanted was the new Alienware Sentia m3400 because including all the upgrades (1GB RAM, Pentium M, built in webcam and 1yr warranty) it would have only come out to about $1100 after rebates. AND it only weighs (supposedly) 4.5lbs! Unfortunately, after reading up on the reviews, it appears as though Alienware has some notoriously bad customer service and often forces you to go for weeks at a time sans laptop if you actually want to use the warranty. One guy had his laptop for over two years so it wasn't even covered by warranty anymore, the latches on his notebook broke so he called Alienware to order replacements (which he figured would cost $10 and he'd pop them in himself), instead they told him he needed to send it in to them (pay for shipping himself, of course) and they would fix it for him in 10-12 days. He tried to go directly to the manufacturer and they told him since he'd bought it from Alienware they couldn't sell him any parts directly. Lots of horror stories like that, even one person's laptop catching FIRE and the company refused to give her a new one, instead insisting they would "fix" it and taking ages to do it. Plus they've got some ridiculous 15% restocking fee if they happen to send you a defective computer and you need to return it. All in all, it sounds like Alienware computers can be good but if you get a lemon (and there seem to be quite a lot of them considering how many horror stories there are and the fact that it's a relatively small company) then you're pretty much screwed. Not what I like to hear when I'm investing a good chunk of my hard earned money into something.

So Dell it is. In a couple weeks I may be blogging remotely from a Starbucks or Coffee Bean or somewhere equally exciting.

Time for church! We haven't gone in like three weeks, naught naughty.