So I've now left my car at Dave's as we need it more there and I can survive without it in Cardiff. However this means travelling by train twice a week – which isn't a problem and means I can relax more than when driving, however it does mean I have to take my little suitcase back and forth with my laptop in. My laptop is a heavyweight Dell Latitude C840 and I love it. Just over 3 years old and I've only needed a replacement harddrive when the other corrupted. Have since upgraded to a larger capacity and faster HDD but otherwise it's all the original build. But the downside is that it is quite heavy and large, as it's a 15" screen. Plus on the trains you don't get much room anyhow, and I travel for at least 1.5 hours from Crewe to Cardiff so I could utilise the time by doing some work. Whilst I can sit and plan stuff with a pen and pad, I'd rather be able to sit and type work up too.

I know there are 12" laptops out there, but all quite costly right now. However I'd rather have a 10" if they do them (anyone know?). This way I could sit on the train, do work, and not build up wrestler type muscles by lugging around a tonne weight bag! Unfortunately, well not so unfortunate, I am buying a digital camera at the end of the month which will cost not quite £200 so that's my big expenditure until after Christmas. By then I probably won't really have much use for a small laptop! Of course a windfall of money may come in any second now and I can get both!!