Can anyone recommend a laptop that would work well with the current state of Haiku? Extra credit if I don't have to pay the Microsoft Tax. I'm looking for a laptop specifically to use in cafes, mainly for email and web browsing, but also for writing web pages. I don't plan to use it for much software development. I would get a netbook, but their tiny screens wouldn't jive with my essay writing. I want at least a 15" screen. What would be ideal is a Linux laptop that came with entirely Open Source drivers, for hardware that is all fully and publicly documented. If Haiku was missing some of the necessary drivers for such a model, it would be a good opportunity to develop them. So if I can't get what I want right away, perhaps I can get what I want by developing the necessary drivers. Most often WiFi chipsets are the problem - the datasheets for many of them are available only under NDA. I would say that when Haiku is stable enough to pass The Mom Test, there would be a good business opportunity in producing such laptops commercially. (I've been running the nightly builds for several weeks now, and have to say that Haiku is pretty darn close to passing The Mom Test right now!) Mom -- Michael David Crawford mdcrawford at gmail dot com GoingWare's Bag of Programming Tricks http://www.goingware.com/tips/