I've never considered getting a laptop because I kept thinking it would always have a dead battery from being on all the time....maybe I just don't know that much about them & need to check it...every time I thought of getting one I would think of the cordless phone or the cell phone & how their always needing charged so I just figured that a lap top would be using more power so it would die faster & require a charge a lot more frequently & that would just take the fun out of it....I would love to sit outside w/ one... it's time to do some homework on lap tops