My home laptop is becoming obsolete. I pretty much do everything I need to do on my iPhone.

That being said, on computers I've pretty much been an internet only guy. I haven't used an email client for probably 10 years or more. I just use my gmail account and access through whatever browser I happen to have. I also save all my documents as Google Docs so they are always there wherever I have an internet connection. Same thing for any photos - Picasa.

Therefore, I don't need much more than an internet connection and a browser.

I haven't even owned a printer for more than 10 years either.

My next computer - if I even bother buying one - will be Linux based. I've installed it a couple of times in the past, but it wasn't quite ready for primetime in terms of wireless security. I believe the latest version of Ubuntu is there now, though.