i'm looking at picking up a seriously fast notebook since i plan on spending a lot of time a) compiling kernels, b) running JAVA, and c) hosting numerous VMs at the same time. so i was ogling one of these: http://pccyber.com/?v=Product&i=NB-AS-G73SW-A1 first, yes, it's an nvidia chipset but i'm tired of fighting that battle. if it works and supports the latest ubuntu, i'm good with that. but i'm intrigued that this system comes with dual hybrid SSD drives. anyone out there using these kinds of drives? can you testify to noticeably better performance? in any event, is there anything about that system that would scare me off? other than the price? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================