What do you want to do with it?

Everytime I buy a laptop,I ask myself :

• Do I need it to read memory cards?
• Do I need a DVD writer?
• Does it have Windows XP drivers? (I still don't like Vista)
• My rule is not to buy Sony Vaio (the keyboard reminds me of a fisher-price toy I had in the 70s) or Acer, and current specs are 2GB of RAM, 15" screen (9-14 is too small, 17/19 too huge).
• Most of the other specs are standard (Wireless, Mousepad, Speakers...).