I just bought a Dell Inspiron mini 10v. It will be arriving either later this week or early next week. After examining all the different ways I could purchase it, I decided to go refurb. Why? Because it’s nearly $100 less than new. For a laptop that’s in the sub-$500 range, $100 is a pretty big consideration. In my situation, I paid 23% less compared...

Recently announced: Best Buy will be carrying MSI’s offering in the itty-bitty "netbook" style laptop, called the "Wind". It will come with Windows XP Home Edition, an Intel 1.6 Atom processor, 120GB HDD, 3-cell battery and comes in black or white. I’ve been following the netbook-style laptops for a while now and the industry has...