Student on a Budget

Laptops are delicate and you'll probably want to purchase new, so consider saving money by buying less expensive processors like Intel's Celeron or AMD's Athlon chips. Buy a laptop with as little RAM as possible from the retailer and shop for good deals on RAM separately. A good-sized hard drive with a read-only CD-ROM and DVD-ROM will get you by until you can afford to upgrade.

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  Samsung NC10-11GP 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Netbook - Metallic Pink Samsung NC10-11GP 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Netbook - Metallic Pink
10.2inch WSVGA - 1GB DDR2 SDRAM - 160GB HDD - Fast Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - Windows XP Home - Pink
$349 to $505

Found at 12 stores

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  Asus Eee PC 1000HE Intel Atom N280 1.66 GHz Laptop - Black Asus Eee PC 1000HE Intel Atom N280 1.66 GHz Laptop - Black
1GB DDR2 Memory, 160GB HDD, Intel UMA Graphics Controller, 10.2inch LCD LED Backlight, Windows XP Home OS
$365 to $400

Found at 9 stores

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  Acer Aspire One 1.60 GHz Intel Atom N270 Netbook Acer Aspire One 1.60 GHz Intel Atom N270 Netbook
1GB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive, Multi-in-one card reader / SD Card Reader, 10.1inch WSVGA Display, Wi-Fi, Intel Graphics
$328 to $337

Found at 6 stores

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  HP Touchsmart TX2-1020US Laptop HP Touchsmart TX2-1020US Laptop
See Store for Available Configurations
$730 to $1,115

Found at 9 stores

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