Esjaavik: it's always possible, but similarly you could just format the hard drive appropriately and save it all there. Even though you're not booting from the hard drive doesn't mean you can't mount it later. IMHO "live" CDs are just toys. They work well for very specialized-purpose projects (like routers) but in the end you're better off performing a proper installation. Like snaggletto describes, these CDs are tuned to work on a wide variety of platforms and sacrifice such things like the mouse scroll wheel for wider compatibility.
I'll also dispute Kong's suggestion that on-board graphics are problematic. Any graphics chipset, on-board or not, can be problematic. I personally prefer on-board graphics since it's one less card to purchase and they usually don't have the bells and whistles that cause problems. IMHO it should not be a negative consideration when searching for a viable computer. |