I'm about going mad trying to research specs for my new laptop. So much conflicting information out there. Here's alll I want out of a latop.

- Something that doesn't weigh a metric ton
- Good to great performance, but not "steroidal" water-cooled maniac speed.
- Something quiet!!! (When I'm browsing the web or writing an email, I'd like to hear myself think. A little fan noise is acceptable during a long render, but not while you're staring at a web page.)

Anyway, despite some warnings in here about the Pentium M proc, I'm reading a lot of things that indicate it's a solid performer that runs quiet, cool and on low voltage. I also read that it handles more instructions per clock cycle than a P4, and therefore is a better performer than it might appear at first glance.

Does a Pentium M 2 ghz notebook have enough horses to edit video? And I'm not talking just "straight cuts" video, but video with color correction, multiple tracks, maybe a filter or two?

I'm very interested to hear ALL opinions on this. There's a lot of info out there, but none of it's coming from video editors. What say the video guys?

Thanks,
Scott

P.S. I'm attracted to the Sager laptops, which seem to have great specs for a great price. But I worry that they're noisy and hot as hell. Any Sager users out there?