We are in absolute agreement there puterman. :-)

I did commercial graphics for a number of years and a laptop will not come close to a desktop for processing power. However...

I have two places, weekend and workweek, and it is a little tough to pack up a cpu, monitor, keyboard, etc. and schlep it back and forth so laptop wins out.

When I get some extra coin, I will probably move over to the Mac platform. I have let Mister Softie irritate the dickens out of me for a couple of decades so I figure I will give Mr. Jobs a crack at it soon....

In the meantime, I will get my laptop lean and mean and hopefully have some fun!

Thanks for the input.