| Laptops for cheap can be had in a couple different | | | | 2 dozen auctions in your account and do your |
| places if you are looking for portable computing on a | | | | homework so that you know what they are worth |
| tight budget. The first stop I would make is at | | | | and what they have been selling for lately. Try to |
| Craigslist to look for cheap local deals. Depending on | | | | shoot for a winning bid of about 10 percent less than |
| where you live, you might be able to snag a good | | | | the cheapest price you have seen. If you are |
| deal on a cheap used laptop in your area. Of course, | | | | watching enough auctions then you will get a laptop |
| always deal locally and in person if you go this route | | | | for your target price if you are patient and thus get |
| and never send money as it is not necessary. | | | | a great deal. |
| Your second option for a cheap laptop is to go on | | | | One last option is to simply go buy the cheapest |
| eBay. There you can find much higher volume than | | | | netbook you can find, brand new, at a local store. |
| on Craigslist and so you can narrow in on exactly | | | | The key here is to do some testing on the netbook |
| what type of laptop you want. The best thing to do | | | | to make sure you can type comfortably and can |
| is to find a couple of machines and configurations | | | | actually get real work done on the machine. If so |
| that you want to buy and then do some searches | | | | then you can get some new netbooks as cheap as |
| and watch several auctions at a time. Monitor about | | | | 200 dollars. |