For readers with an interest in the nuts and bolts, here's a look at how we operate -- literally. WORKING KIT FOR SYNOPTICAL CHARTS LLC iMac 24" (OS X) - Big Mac Acer Desktop (Windows Vista/Ubuntu Linux) - Quarter Pounder Dell Studio Laptop (Windows Vista) - Hamburger Macbook Pro (OS X) - Cheeseburger Macbook Air (OS X) - Filet o' Fish Macbook (OS X) - McRib (retired) Ubuntu Netbook (Ubuntu Netbook Remix) - Fries XP Netbook (XP Home) - Milkshake Software running: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint (Win/Mac) Visio (Win) OmniGraffle Pro (Mac) NitroPDF Pro (Win) PDFPen Pro (Mac) Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop (Mac) Adobe InDesign, Framemaker (Win) Espresso (Mac) Free and/or open-source apps (installed on all platforms) OpenOffice GIMP Inkscape Dia Cyberduck (FTP/Mac) Filezilla (FTP/Win) We have a small flat aluminum case named To Go that holds our 3G USB modem, a 6ft length of Cat5, and a couple of USB drives with tools on them, including an Ubuntu boot disk o