Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen | solitude.dk

Yesterday I accidentally poured some water into the keyboard of my laptop. I cannot recommend it. Fortunately the only thing broken is the ‘a’ key, but after signing my first e-mail as “ndres” rather than “Andreas” I've come to realize how important a letter ‘A’ is. Now I've bought an external keyboard while I figure out which computer to buy next.

I've been looking at Dell laptops. My present laptop is a Dell and I've been very happy with it. If anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear them. My current list of requirements is short:

• No Macs, I have to be able to afford food
• Screen no bigger than 15"
• Screen resolution no smaller than 1280x1064. This point and the one above limits choices considerably.
• No shared memory on graphics card.
• Water-proof keyboard