I'm with Maria: at this point there's a point of decreasing returns w/r/t used laptops. You're going to spend $100 on a hunk of junk and then spend another $100 getting it up and running with a new battery etc., and at that point you will be more than halfway to a new laptop. Check out what's available in the "Netbook" category these days: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=772&name=Netbooks I've had good experiences with the eee line and the Acer line; people speak very highly of the HP as well. ~Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20081118/93b91a72/attachment.htm