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Hi to all, I'd just like to take a moment to introduce myself to the list. I am a works manager at a small engineering company in Manchester, England. I use (own) an IBM Thinkpad 760ED with 32 meg of ram, a 1.2g HD and all the usual ED goodies. I use a D-Link Ethernet PCcard to connect to both my home and work networks (co-ax), a Nokia cellular PCcard and a no-name 33.6 PCcard modem for land-line (which is in fact better than my Accura on my base machine). I also use a Fuji-DS-7 digital camera which I use to take pictures onsite, I then relay them over cellular or landline back to work via the net in e-mail. For a CD-ROM I use an external 24X CD Rom which was converted from a HP 7100e CDR box. Mostly I use the TP to organise my time and resources at work and for generating small Autocad drawings "on the fly" as it were. This is only my second Laptop, I also have a Digital Hi-Note Ultra, and was a little sceptical that a laptop could replace a desktop in my job but the TP has proved those fears to be unfounded, I am mightily impressed. This machine has so much potential, I can't see my needing another laptop for a long long time. I also want to ask a small question, is there a problem installing Microsoft's DirectX 5 on these machines? I tried to install it but it chokes on installation. I know this is trivial and to be honest I only need it to play Monkey Island 3 in lunch breaks but I'd like to get it going :) I hope to learn a lot from your experiences with these machines and hopefully pass on the little I know myself. Best wishes to all Regards, Jeff. (jeff@jhartley.demon.co.uk) ICQ UIN10948456