I'm in the market for a new laptop. I want to run the various orchid
software on it. I'm looking at a windows 7 machine. Question is: Does
AQ+ work equally as well on both the 64- and 32- versions of windows 7?
Does it prefer Home or Pro? Same question for OrchidWiz. Anyone running
these programs with Windows 7?

And for the geeks out there, which chip series is faster? The Intel
Core Duo or the i3 series? I can configure a new laptop with either
chip series. I think the i3,5,7 are geared for laptops to keep the heat
down but they are not necessarily fast, and since the AQ+ is a lot of
pictures to load I think I want fast. [note of explanation I have a
macbook and I'm always the last to load images at the judging table and
the last to be able to switch between images. I'm sick of 'Got it yet?'
from my team mates. They are always waiting for me. I have to boot up
two operating systems as well as the bridging software (parallels) That
doesn't leave much memory left to actually *operate* the program. Or so
it seems to me.]

But I don't want to just exchange one dog for another.

Looking around the web it seems the Toshibas are more reliable than
either the Sonys, HPs or Dells. I'm looking at either the M-500 series
or the U-500 series.

Any opinions?

K Barrett