hello... I need suggestion regarding buying of laptop with what O.S considering the fact that i am a .net developer.... will vista home premium help or not????

i heard that information through internet travels through cables under sea. is it true? That means there is under sea cable connection between all the countries....

i use IBM THINKPAD R51. For the last two days it is not working properly due to virus affection. Which anti viru soft is best and please tell a solution...