Best Computer for trucking.

Don't know about all of you but I generally use a Dell in my truck. I have problems with Dell as a company but for straight out warranty they are the best I have found.
Currently I have a Dell Inspiron E1505. Vista Premium But its been severly upgraded. It has a DUO Core 2Ghz = 4 Ghz. 4 Gig Memory 256M graphic card and a 320G HDD. I use sprint for internet access for $40/mo. Now thats more computer than what anyone really needs. But I use my laptop for playing audiobooks thru the trucks stereo and GPS internet logs and lots and lots of other stuff.
I recommend a duo or quad core for the truck it runs much cooler than the single core and will extend its life greatly. Vista requires a minimum of 1G of memory to operate but it runs much smoother and faster with 2G or 4G of memory. I know most new computers unless you order it as an extra only come with 1G in the vista and XP can have as little as 256M. PEOPLE UPGRADE YOUR MEMORY IF ITS RUNNING SLOW. When I purchased my system 2 1/2 years ago I found the fastest and best computer I could and I paid thru the nose for it. And then upgrading it I have put a few hundres more in it.
I have about 2000 hours of audiobooks on my sytem and that uses up almost 200G of my HDD. With the rest of my trucking software, Microsoft streets GPS 2008, DDL, Co-Pilot, PC-Miler 20, IE and some games I am pushing 250G already used.
Now for reason for Dell. It's the extended warranties you can buy is the reason I recommend them. You can get up to 4 years of coverage in home. Although if you talk nice and know schedule 3 or 4 days in advance I have had mine fixed on the road too. This gets rid of the nasty and dispictable mail it in and we fix and will send it back to you which can take up to 2 weeks.
Reason I hate Dell is about 18months ago maybe 24 the outsourced their technical support department to India. Now starting in August they are now offering US support but it costs you $99/year.
Those of you with Single core systems I highly recommend using a fan or stand with it to prevent overheating and system burnout.

 

Would like to say thats going to burn up you motherboard if you are not careful. The air intake is located on the bottom af laptops and strapping straight to your seat will reduce air intake and make it run hotter. be better to strap it to a laptop stand available for less than $20 at wally world in stationary and this will increase air intake and help it run cooler and prevent meltdowns.