[ebarker]

super easy answer.

we have two driver stations with Asus 11.6" inch screen.

NOT the ones with the 10.1 inch screen, like on the KOP laptop.

The Asus laptop with the 11.6 inch screen is awesome. Great performance and battery life. The screen is big enough to run it like a normal laptop and just start the driver station app. we don't have a separate driver station account. not having to switch accounts is great.

For programming you can use any decent laptop with a big enough screen. The horsepower requirement are very minimal. You can get a super nice Asus i5 laptop for under $ 600. It that exceeds your budget then step down to an i3 or dual core pentium.