Originally Posted by EmpireHP

HP is good! for basic internet surfing needs. Anything with 1 gig ram and 250gg hdd will do.

But seriously, i would save up a few extra hundred and buy something decent. nowadays I wouldn't even look at anything under 1 terrabyte (500gig hdd if u must) HDD and 4 gig ram.

before you know it, you'll want more and more out of your system and netbooks just won't be able to do it.

for $200 more you could get
New HP Compaq Presario CQ40-515AX 14.1 inch media notebook
# AMD Athlon X2 QL-65 ((Dual Core) 2.10GHz/2x 512KB L2 Cache/1.8GHz HT)
# 4GB DDR2 RAM
# 500GB 5400rpm SATA HDD
# DVD+/-RW dual layer drive
# 14.1 inch WXGA (1280 x 800) BrightView display
# ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 (512MB dedicated)
# Integrated 10/100 LAN, integrated 802.11 b/g WLAN, 56k modem
# Integrated audio with Altec Lansing speakers, 5-in-1 media card reader
# 3x USB ports, 1x VGA port, 1x HDMI port, 1x RJ-11 port, 1x RJ-45 port