Traveling With My Laptop

Okay, I've been using Airport in our home for a number of years now. But I'm embarassed to admit that I've never connected to a hotspot (like in a coffee shop or something). Now my wife and I are traveling to Missouri from our home (Washington State) for Thanksgiving. We're very conserned about getting stuck in an airport for long hours, so we're considering bringing our Powerbook.
We have a lay over in the Denver airport. Does anyone have experience with this airport? Does it have hotspots? Can I join them with my Powerbook and Airport? Does it cost money?
We're just worried about dragging our laptop across the country, only to not be able to use it (because it's too expensive or not compatible).
Any advice/first hand experience would be appreciated!
Mitch

Its been a couple months, but as I recall Denver International Airport had Wi-Fi access through Cingular. There was a charge to use it, it seems like they had a daily price plan, but I don't recall. Small price to pay if you get stuck for any period of time... I've never run in to a Wi-Fi hotspot that didn't work with my PowerBook, so no worries there. More and more hotels have either Wi-Fi or network access, more and more of the time its free.

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