Wayne,

In looking at the laptops for my daughter, I did note that some of the Sony
Vaio models also have the backlit keyboards. Seems to be the new thing in
laptops.

Thank you for the comments on the Dell. We have narrowed it down to a Dell
Latitude 13, a Sony new series Vaio X (rather expensive), and a new series
Vaio S (i5 processor). All are small (13 inch screen) and light.

Peter

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I bought my daughter a Dell XPS 13 for Christmas 2008 (so it's just over a
year old) and she loves it.  She managed to corrupt Windows two months after
she got it so I reinstalled Vista from the disks Dell shipped with it and
she has not had a problem since.  She has never said anything about it
getting too hot.

On a personal note, I'm looking for a new laptop, around the 15" size that
has a lighted/backlit keyboard and I'm looking at Dell's.  Does anyone know
of any other mfg that lights their keyboards other than the IBM's with their
light at the top of the screen?  Thanks.

Wayne Copeland | Network Support, Business & Information Technology

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