A place for a general discussion about laptops, netbooks, slates. Questions, answers, and comments welcome. No commercial posts allowed.

All the news that's fit to (digitally) print about what's going on in the world of laptops, netbooks, slates, and tablets.

Software that runs on your laptop, netbook, slate or tablet . Our software reviews will also live here. No commercial posts allowed.

Laptop & netbook hardware is discussed here - if it's got a keyboard, this is where it lives. We'll occasionally delve into other hardware here, along with far-reaching technological advances that will impact laptops and netbooks. Our hardware reviews will also live here. No commercial posts allowed.

Slate and tablet hardware is discussed here - hardware keyboardless devices only. We'll occasionally delve into other hardware here, along with far-reaching technological advances that will impact slates and tablets. Our hardware reviews will also live here. No commercial posts allowed.

Any and all laptop, netbook, slate and tablet accessories: bags, sleeves, cases, headphones, cables, screen protectors. No commercial posts allowed.

Columns, tutorials, tips, reviews, reports, Web sites, and more - all written by other people.

Everyone likes events! Whether it's a local laptop/netbook/slate media event, a national conference, a special sale, or a cool contest, you can read about it here.

A forum for buying and selling laptops, netbooks, slates, tablets, accessories, etc. This is a forum for private sellers, not businesses looking for free advertising.

A general forum for laptop, netbook, slate and tablet-related announcements. Commercial posts, as long as they are specific to the topics we cover on Laptop Thoughts (and not spam), are welcome in limited doses. Have a laptop review or article you wrote for another site? Feel free to post about it in this forum.

A general catch-all forum to discuss anything on your mind that doesn't fit into the site-specific topics. Please keep it clean though, and remember that discussing politics and religion has a way of causing community strife that is best avoided. No commercial posts allowed.

Updates related to Laptop Thoughts: new staff additions, special events, site maintenance, etc.