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What you'll find is that they'll just use their cellphones (likely what they're already doing).

mSATA SSDs are intended to be used for caching of an HDD so that you can get SSD performance without sacrificing storage. Since you're sticking a 256GB SSD in there (I hope you ordered a 7mm model or it will not fit) there is no need for this. Be sure to make a restore disc set since it will be nice to have should you decide to sell the system in the future.

ThinkPad. I'd look into the T430s. You can pull the optical drive out and stick a 4-cell battery in there and add a slice battery onto the bottom. However even the stock battery gets good life. It is also thin and lightweight. If you can wait a little while the T430u which is even more portable will be coming out. http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/t-series/t430s/

I'm pretty sure it has the same touchscreen support that Windows 7 has. Windows Touch

Either use remote desktop or attach the machines to the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor with a KVM switch.

An Android phone that is broadcasting video will drain its battery fairly quick.

Not true. I know quite a few people who toss resumes into the trash when they see ITT Tech on them.

VirtualBox seems to have all kinds of strange problems. I ended up buying VMWare Workstation because of issues I was having and I haven't looked back.

You can also setup DD-WRT to disconnect her between certain hours.

Just flash the latest firmware again to return to stock.

Shouldn't this be in the Jasager sub-forum?

32-bit or 64-bit? 64-bit is a bit more secure than 32-bit installations.

Change the port from 22 to something above 1024 and require a key for login.

Have you tried enabling and configuring QoS on the router?

Gentoo is great if you really want to jump into things.