[MoneyGuy]

I'm looking for some advice on buying a new laptop for my office.

I'm thinking of buying a Dell with at least 1 GB RAM (maybe 2 GB, or upgradable), 80 GB HD, wireless capability, DVD burner. I may want to get one that is lightweight. This is for my business (financial planner). I don't really have sophisticated needs, basically just word processing, Internet use and running some of my business software (not too demanding).

I can choose from the following options: four-year in-home service ($129, I disagree with extended warranty-type offerings so don't think this is warranted), single TV tuner with remote control, 256 MB ATI Radeon x1300 Pro graphics card.

What should I put on this computer?

Is the TV tuner a useful add-on? I don't know how this works. Does it pick up regular TV signals or get them from the Internet? I don't play games so is the graphics card only useful for that purpose? I can upgrade the graphics card, which I obviously won't do if it's only useful for game playing. A flat-panel display is $110 extra, which seems useful.