Looking for a Cheapass Laptop

[Mr Durand Pierre]

My 2 year old laptop is dying on me and I'm thinking that if it ends up being too much to repair, I may just buy a new one. I'm considering even just getting a netbook as pretty much all I ever use my comp for is the internet and word processing. I'm considering this:

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/note...&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~fasttrack_anav_1~~

But also curious what the downside of spending the same amount of money on a laptop is, as they have a CD drive (which I'd miss otherwise on a netbook). Dell has a $300 laptop here: http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/note...545&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~ubuntu_anav_1~~

With any luck, I'll be able to fix my laptop for under $100, but if not, what cheapass machines would people recommend instead?

 

[shelisheli]

i was just looking at some at Sam's Club the other day. here were some between 350 and 500 that were much better than my current PC. i suggest looking there.

 

[refusedchaos]

on the netbook, you are buying portability (ie, it can fit in a girl's purse).

is personally would just go with the netbook with the DVD drive external they offer

 

[JolietJake]

If you're going for a netbook, get the Asus 1000HE. Has around 7-9 hours of battery life.