I bought an acer laptop 3 years ago from amazon and it's still working perfectly fine, now i consider replacing it with smtg new, smtg like this (it's on sale):

Acer TravelMate 4222WLMi
Core Duo T2300
1.66 GHz - Centrino Duo -
RAM : 1 GB -
HD : 120 GB -
DVD?RW (+R DL) / DVD-ROM -
802.11a/b/g -
Win XP Pro -
15.4" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
950 usd
(and it seems you will not need to pay any import taxes in Qatar..)

So how's work at the hospital ? different from what you're used to ?

Link : http://www.amazon.com/Acer-TravelMate-4222WLMi/dp/B000FNCVRW/sr=1-3/qid=...