i need a machine just to get typing and general office type work done and check email now and then while doing work.
i am looking for a low cost solution. battery life is not a concern of mine neither is age of machine. once it can run when plugged in to a wall it dosent even need to have a functioning battery. it must be able to run windows xp reasonably efficiently though so at lest 256 mb of ram. processor speed is unimportant once it can run microsoft office 2003 with no major lagging