sorry to be late.

I got an Acer Aspire ONE. its a small portable laptop. ONE gig of RAM (which can be upgraded to 2) and it has windows starter which is missing many nice things win7 has. I paid $248 for it, even tho its a $349 computer because I shop well.

If you are going to pay $300 for a machine, do yourself a favor and get a NOTEbook, not a NETbook. This is perfect to fling in my suitcase and on the go we are. I dont count on it for anything other than check my email, skype, check on the cats while we are gone...I dont have any real programs on it, and dont plan to put any on it. I can also unload my camera and email from on the road.

A notebook will come with more RAM, and the FULL operating system. It can be really upgraded, and they come in 14 to 17 inch screens with tons of toys. There will be some great back to school sales. I knew I wanted about a ten inch screen. just needed a kick about throw it in a suitcase kinda deal, and something that I am not panicked about if I drop it, break it, or it gets stolen. The tablets dont have an operating system, but depend on applications from developers. I wanted an operating system, even if it was linux or mac.

So, shop those back to school sales, there are going to be some nice 1-3 or 1-5 computers for about the same price as that netbook I just got.