As a solo IT consultant for micro businesses, I'm not ready or willing to take on the load of becoming a product vendor. I do, however, help clients make purchase decisions based on their needs, then charge a reasonable fee to integrate the unit(s) into their environment. That leaves me free to act more as an I.T. staffer than a vendor. So far, the Dell Vostro with an Intel i5 is the best deal that I've found for notebooks.