First and foremost - I'm in the market for a laptop. There is no way in hell I'm dragging my shitty-ass desktop out with me, and my mom has offered to buy me a laptop. Which means I have to pick one out. She's got someone who's a Toshiba vendor and can get us pretty good prices, but I've been hearing mixed things about Toshiba when it comes to laptops. I'm also looking into ThinkPads, as while they are truly unattractive, they're also basically indestructable, Dell, because apparently if you don't buy the cheapest system avalible (ie, aforementioned piece of shit desktop) they don't suck, and Skuld gave me the link to this place, which she's consistently heard good things about.

However, I'm looking for more suggestions/opinions about these brands (or other recs for custom places), or specific models or whatever. Doesn't have to be the OMG greatest laptop ever - looking for less than two thousand US - but something that at the very least can run Photoshop without horrible lag, and at least 60 GB harddrive, if not more. I'm not planning on gaming on this thing, although it would be nice to have the option, and it'll be my only computer on campus (other than the PC labs, anyway).

In other news, Jo is on her way home. I haven't forgotten about posting about our other adventures, but I got four and half hours of sleep and am sticky and hungry and in no mood to write it all out. I am also about to kill someone at UBC out of sheer frustration. I have to call tomorrow and have him put on my student account or something, because otherwise they won't tell him any tuition payment stuff (you know, despite the fact that he's the one paying it). I also have to apply for a work permit from Immigration if I want to do any co-op stuff (I do), which means more forms and officials glaring at me, and they close the residences for half of winter break, which means finding somewhere to stay. Argh kill it.

(And damn, I need to make myself a CrazyEyes!Crichton icon. Because he does the best crazy-eyes.)