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Old 08-30-2009, 06:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Looking for Portable, Cheap Lap/Net

I have a laptop but it's too heavy and distracting for what I want to do with it (which is writing). I don't have any other computers, just my laptop (which is part of the problem). I don't and won't have the money to buy a good quality gaming desktop like I want so I began looking for a crappy laptop instead. The theory is that a lighter laptop without any power at all would be less distracting because nothing but Word would run on it.

However I'm having trouble finding one. Or at least one with my desired specs. It needs to be very portable -with plenty of batteries- small, lightweight, maybe at most ten Gig's of HDD and less than 1 gig of RAM. No internet, or optional internet and no bloatware like virus protection etc. Also, preferably with XP... not Vista. And yet it doesn't seem to exist... or at least anywhere I can see. So I turn to people with contacts in the computer world to see if it can be found by people who know what to look for and where to find it.

Is it even possible? Does this 'dream' cheap thing exist?

Take note I'm pretty useless with my hands and building things often results in disaster. Still... if I need to build one I would prefer it to be cheap as well. I'm a poor student who is moving away from home with a cat to support. I have no money at all.

Well, back to Googling and clicking links...
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