Excellent advice guys. I really enjoy researching this kind of stuff, almost as much as getting the end product.
I had looked at Netbooks Rog but ruled them out because of the small screen size. My first choice would be a T series IBM notebook but it is hard not to keep on upping the desire level until I get up to a T60 but then have to step back and say to myself, "you don't want to invest that much".
I always thought that terms such XGA and WUXGA were a way of quoting quality distinction. But after reading this excellent article, I find that is not the case: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=26696