> Have you looked at the P series laptops? They come close in number of ports and battery life *but* they still have an excessively big touchpad, don't have a

> Have you looked at the P series laptops? They come close in number of ports and battery life *but* they still have an excessively big touchpad, don't have a 13 inch version and start at 1.7 kilos (which makes them less than ideal for carrying around). But I agree they are the very nice machines and we keep a bunch of them in the lab.