Recommend a sub $300 netbook

[ep3w]

The cheaper the better but I'm pretty useless as far as netbooks go and I want to spend my money wisely. I'm hoping to find a deal this weekend on something but would be willing to look at used. Will mostly be used for internet/music/videos/office and some light school/work stuff (things like math programs). Needs a webcam and looking for decent battery life. Will probably use Win 7 on it but I like the idea of being able to use OSX on it too so thats a big plus. I also think it would be good to be able to upgrade to 2GBs of ram. Any suggestions?

 

[illuminate]

I don't know if it's around this black friday because I don't live in the states anymore, but I picked up the Gateway LT2104u netbook in May of this year, and I love it. Great keyboard, great build, light, cheap, but not cheap feeling. Bumped it up to 2gb ram and put a SSD in there and it's been all over the world with me.. and going to 3 more countries this year.

Here's a review I wrote for it.

http://johnspalding4.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/gateway-lt2104u-review/

 

[xnert]

Don't know if you've already bought, but what about the Samsung N230? It's a touch over budget at $329 on Amazon, but has an impressive keyboard and overall design, and a supposedly chunky battery life (six and a half hours, and that's running it full pelt, according to this review here, where it wins an award).

Might be worth a look if you didn't manage to snap up a bargain...

 

[Patman]

http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-NB255...UU5G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291311378&sr=8-1

I recommended that for a friend, caught my eye at best buy. "8 hours" of battery, I've had great luck with my recent Toshiba laptop over the last year, build quality on that unit seems to be up to par as well.

 

[stealthy123]

I am in the same boat as you, so I will be watching this thread.

I am wondering if the AMD bobcat based netbooks are going to be worth waiting for, both for price and performance.