Here's a
guide to low-end Mac laptops.
Low-End Mac, of course, is also a great resource. That said, I still may be inclined toward the ThinkPad. Maybe a nice
570, or a 770, or something from the 600 series. Advantages to the IBMs: easier Linux compatibility, better keyboard, pointing-stick input device. To the Apples: Mac OS 9, battery life, user community. Surely there's a lot I'm not seeing.
Also, here's a link to
Smoothwall.org, and one to Seattle Wireless'
Linksys WRT54G page. I daydream of upgrading my router to something quieter, smaller and more energy-efficient. I need to do some more research on that Linksys box. Mainly, I want to find out whether anyone has gotten an ad-blocking proxy running on it. After getting used to Junkbuster running on my
Freesco router, I'd hate to go back. That said, Junkbuster has been supplanted by
Privoxy, which I should really start using.