Wow, those Dutch bikes were pretty expensive, perhaps this might be a more affordable alternative ?
http://www.republicbike.com/shop.asp..._category_id=4
But the Seattle Dutch bikes are 3 and 8 speeds, the Republic Dutch is a single speed.
Does Seattle have something like this program ?
http://www.decobike.com/
That way you get a laptop and bike to see whether the bike thing is going to work out for commuting to work ?
As for a notebook, this might be all you need ? It's actually a Netbook ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook
I have an MSI Wind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook
Some think they are weak, but mine is maxxed out for memory and I'm running MS Office Professional and MS SQL Server 2005 on it. Should be more than capable.