[LBK Rules]

You MUST have a serial port!!!!!!!

We bought a USB adapter for our Toshiba S127, and every time we tried downloading code, it locked up the computer. We ended-up using a team member's old, but working, Fujitsu PII 366 ebay laptop running 2000 AS for programming.

Now for AutoCAD and 3ds max, try not to get a Celeron, and make sure you can upgrade the memory to at-least 1024MBs. We ran 3ds max 6 on a Celeron 2GHz, with 512 of memory, minus 64 for graphics, and a 30 GB hard drive. Now were going to run it on an S126 with 2.8GHz Celeron, 512 -64, 30GB HD, and ATI Mobile Radeon 7000, but we still have to use SW rendering.

My suggestion:

Don't get a Toshiba. Buy from Circuit City or Best Buy. Your extended warranty is your best friend; It's worth every penny of the $150-250 price-tag. Make sure it does NOT have a Celeron processor, and that it does have a built-in serial port.