The MSI wind is my current favorite "netbook" for a variety of reasons, im using one as a low power web server! $350 if you want one from me. OTOH, my feeling is a $200 used laptop with wifi would be fine for what youre looking for. that, I dont have but ebay does. Jeff Hobbs wrote: > > > 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 > <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 -- Thank you, Matt Lampiasi Florence I.T. - A Community IT shop. 413-303-9167 or @ florenceit.net <http://florenceit.net> Now offering affordable, easy to implement enterprise class SPAM and email Virus protection, with backup mail service - for any size business. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20081118/686c8454/attachment.html