wow, 10gb. Im guessing you use nothing but internet and word processor?
Funny thing is, until a year and a half ago I was using a 550mhz Celeron processor in a Thinkpad A20m with 384mb of RAM (128 + 256mb) running Win2K, and I ran Dreamweaver MX2004, FireworksMX 2004, FlashMX2004, Photoshop 6, Illustrator 9 (didn't use it too much, admittedly,) Office2000 (full-blown version w/Access, Visual Basic 6, Visual Studio 6, DB2 (IBM's enterprise level relational database,) Visual Age for Java, Firefox3, iTunes6, and lots of other stuff. It had a smallish, 12.4" screen and didn't do real well with video, admittedly. But it's amazing how much could be done with it. The original HD was only 6gig, replaced with a 10gig, then a 60gig. Always used external storage via PCMCIA slot (HDs and burner) for photos, etc.
Today, there's no way I could live with the limitations, especially the inability to upgrade software, but this little old laptop could do a lot more than just surf the web and do world processing... it's just hard to really believe that, I know, unless you were there...

It finally died when the power switch shorted out and wasn't worth fixing. Thinkpad A20m - Born 2000 - Died 2008 (RIP)
Long live my MBP!!! I doubt I'll be hanging onto it for 8 years, however. Technology is just moving too fast.
