Do modern Laptops generally have a Serial Port? Or is that considered to be old-hat now??

Ta.

 

they still come with them

 

Lots don't come with them anymore but i just use a USB/Serial converter. Only like Ł10 from maplin/ebay etc

 

Still come with em. Not alot of em have it though.

The HP Nx5000 do I know that much
Some of the Fujitsu Siemens have em but they are pants.

Dont go for one of these Seriel hubs which connects to the PC via USB as they dont often work.