As a funny sidenote -- I still hang onto my TI-89 as it's something that I can cary off with me to a location that's not my desk when I'm holed up with a pile o

As a funny sidenote -- I still hang onto my TI-89 as it's something that I can cary off with me to a location that's not my desk when I'm holed up with a pile of scientific papers and a spiral notebook. It doesn't have nearly the same distraction factor as a laptop. (The TI-85, on the other hand, could probably go. ;-) )