eBay? If you want a dirt cheap laptop, eBay's the place to find it. I got an IBM Thinkpad with a Pentium 3 850MHz, 128MB RAM (upgraded it to 512MB), and 30GB hard drive for $160 on eBay. Sure, the specs aren't top notch, but it's capable of web browsing (and has a HUGE 1600x1200 screen for great browsing area) and document editing. I'm using it right now actually. I have Ubuntu Linux on it, but it also runs XP (installed but not using it now) quite well. If that's too low, you can find better PC's for a bit more.