Jimmie,
Thanks for sharing that. The above posts focus on the hardware aspect of your post. In addition, I was struck by your closing:
more importantly has made practicing more gratifying. Quite frankly the main impetus to get started was the 18K meaningless use check, but at this point (i hope to get it--don't get me wrong) the efficiency of running the office has really quite suprised me
That matches my own experience and I think is an important take-home for those considering an EMR, especially AC.