Laptops vs Normal PCs Laptops are cool, they're small, portable, but aren't much use [as they may get too hot, or wear the fans out] for things that require 100% CPU time 24/7, such as SETI or UD, as they're not really designed for that kind of use. Also they're a bit too expensive compared to general PCs. Here's information about a new VIA C3 Laptop CPU and motherboard, and also an $800 Linux Laptop. You could get a Dell 2ghz celeron laptop for $749 though. Laptops may not be suitable as a full time replacement for your desktop pc.

But if you want a smaller PC, you could always get a Shuttle PC [starting at �150 inc vat for case + motherboard], then you could have a fast CPU, and use it 100% and it'd still be small. So basically, whilst it would be cool and convienient to have a laptop, I think with the compromises that have to be made, it may be more useful to have a Shuttle PC, as you can still have a high performance in a small package.