I too was looking to jump onto the remote desktop bandwagon.
I was able to snag a SAGER NP4760 17 inch lappy off fleabay.
I had played around with a freind's SAGER lappy first and was quite impressed. I was lucky to spot this one for sale. Its not top-o-the-line but it has 1GB of PC2700 ( a must) , 128mb Radeon Pro, 3.06/HT ( also nice) .
Downside is a 5400rpm drive. Ill see if I can up it to a 7200rpm drive.
No way in hell I'm gonna be doing construction drawings when I'm down in Baja scuba diving though..........