Re: Buying a new laptop - suggestions pls.
Phatima, when I first received my XPS I thought the same, the touchpad is not wide enough and not even centered BUT I got used to it and I've been using it for the past 2 months for school work to gaming to business work. It's great! Also they give you an option of getting it in RED, $50 goes to charity if you select their RED option. (btw, I got it in RED, it's nice :D)
The specs are all up to you, just remember to get enough memory for Vista, I got 2gb and it runs fine. I hated Vista at first but I am in love with it now. Xp is out of my life.
So jump in the XPS bandwagon!