well i decided to get the S10. I found that I can buy 2 gb ram, a 6 cell battery and a larger hard drive for less than the samsung, plus I will have a spare 3 cell battery as a backup too! there is also a bluetooth chip that is really easy to install inside of it.

The wifi works with OSX out of the box, so thats nice too!

got the $299 version (free shipping) 2gb of ram, and I will buy that battery off ebay before my trip in march.

i will let everyone know how osx works once i get it going.