looking for a good turn-based rpg

i'm going to be doing a lot of traveling, and something i can run on my laptop while sitting on a plane for 14 hours at a time would be ideal
 
i've always been a fan of the final fantasy series, and the persona 4 endurance run got me really interested in that series.  something where i run around, grind levels, cast spells and just generally waste a lot of time would be ideal (all without an internet connection)
 
any suggestions?  looking for something specifically for PC

Fallout 1 or 2 would be good.  You can get them for $6 from gog.com.

They have FF7 and FF8 for PC, both are good games though they don't play as well on a PC as they do on the PS1. I dunno how easy it is to track down the PC copies of them today though.

if your not worried about an emulator how about persona 2 innocent sin?

i actually played ff7 on the pc, ha
emulators are fine too, but i was curious if there is anything new out there?
 
there's plenty of stuff out for ps3/360, but i haven't seen anything that looks like it's worth picking up for the pc lately

Just get emulators and play the thousands of RPGs there are for each console.

The PC is not really known for it's turn based RPGs as all I can think of are the above-mentioned FF7,8... but...  
 
Download Zsnes & download some 16-bit RPGs.  The Super Nintendo/Super Famicon had a lot of great turn based RPGs.  
 
There have also been a lot of fan english-translations for many Japanese RPGs that didn't make it to the US such as Tales of Phantasia, Dragon Quest V & VI.
 
And if you've never played it, you owe it to yourself to play Super Mario RPG, developed by Nintendo & Squaresoft.  As well as Earthbound.   And all the Final Fantasy's.  Enjoy.

if you aren;t worried about an emulator; play Persona 4 through a PS2 emulator.
 
Buy a PSP and play Persona 1 on it.

The infinity engine games like Baldurs Gate, Fallout etc can all be played in a turn based manner even though its not the default setting. They are amazing and in the case of Baldurs Gate 2 and its expansion/quasi sequel one of the best games ever made. I don't like JRPGs so can't really recommend anything in that vein but if you want to emulate then as far as I know the SNES has a good heritage of them.