A few months of neglect and you begin to notice the dust gathering around. Too many things in the past couple of months have given me very little time to blog which eventually led to the neglect. Back in new found vigor, I’m here to make some key changes to the content and architecture of this site, which is already under way and nearing completion. Hopefully this should materialize before the end of this month if not earlier.

To support and extend this new activity of mine, I’m looking out for a notebook. The ideal notebook would be portable (I’m not looking for those big ones which are difficult to carry around), have a powerful processor (Core 2 Duo), good RAM and a decent hard drive (preferably 7200 rpm). My primary use would be everything to do with the internet - design/code/build. The applications I increasingly use are (in no particular order) - Firefox, Illustrator, Fireworks, Photoshop, Notepad++, XAMPP and Microsoft Office. I’ve already shortlisted a few for further prodding, but would love to hear your suggestions.

So to put it short - what according to you would be the best notebook (price, performance and portability) money can buy and why?