One of my criteria for evaluating notebooks was the size and quality of the keyboard.  I’m a touch typist and the keyboard makes a big difference to me.  The keyboard needs to be big enough to accomodate my hands (and should ideally be close to full size).  Further, it needs to have a layout that makes sense (it should mimic a full size keyboard wherever possible). 

The reason I mention this is that the Toshiba laptops that I saw looked good in all respects except one:  I couldn’t find the delete key.  Maybe they had one, but I couldn’t find it.  Given my habits with the keyboard, not having a delete key in a sane position would drive me nuts.