Hi Sian, Memory is cheap. More is better as Linux uses it for disk cache if nothing else.
There is a large difference in performance of SSDs and the score board changes fairly quickly. Make sure you have non-crippled SATA 3 controller to get most out of them. Consider some of the high-end laptops. I have been happy with Lenovo's T and W series. The W520 comes with NVIDIA Quadro M1000 or M2000 cards which have 3d acceleration. Docking stations are convenient. I treasure my Kineses Freestyle keyboards as they eliminated the pain that I was starting to get. You did not mention monitors but high definition has brought the larger ones way down in price. 30" monitors (2560x1600) are still in a different price league but to me it is worth it. If you are buying a 30" consider one with Display Ports instead of DVI. Lenovo's docking station for the W520, for instance, can only do the 30" at full resolution via Display Port (this was not an issue with earlier versions). The are DVI to Display Port converters but the ones I have are not 100% stable (I probably power cycle it a couple of times per month). /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC <http://lifeintegrity.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120220151746.ga27...@lifeintegrity.com