NOT A DELL (Score 1)

Had to say that. Actually, I had eperience with three of them, all needing a ned HD at some point. I have replaced them all, one at a time, with Vaio models from Sony, and all are excellent. Firewire is there, along with dvd or dvd-cdrw drives, plenty of memory, and a touchpad that actually works well. The pricing is not bottom-line, of course, but it is not as high as you would expect from Sony, either.