Thanks for all of the advice.

I just purchased her a Dell Inspiron 600m.

-Pentium M725 1.6GHz
-512Mb Ram
-60GB HD
-4 year warranty w/ accidental drop insurance

It is light and thin(5 lbs...

I'm thinking about getting my wife an inexpensive laptop for her work. I don't think she needs anything fancy(she sells health insurance).

Snorkeldeep mentioned his preference for IBM thinkpads....