Acer TRAVELMATE 5742 Series

Good looking screen ; Runs a lot cooler than my old LCD laptop ; Fast boot up ; Numeric keypad is useful for calculations and in non-number mode for navigation

I don't like the left offset touch pad, although I realise this is because the numeric keypad has been shoe-horned in. It means my left hand is always just about to drop off the side of the keyboard ; Above problem is exacerbated when you plug into the...