Laptop for my mom?

[Jon P. Inghram]

My mom is giving her computer (an HP Pavilon with a Celeron 600 or so processor) to my younger sibling who's moving back into town, and would really like a laptop so she can use the thing anywhere in the house.

I don't really know much about the laptop market, anyone have any hints? She's aiming for a maximum price of $1,200, and will be on dial-up. She'll be using it mainly for email and regular web browsing, nothing too heavy (although with software these days what isn't CPU intensive. ) She's got a printer and a digital camera, both using USB interfaces.

[az]

Will she be using the battery a lot (or long)/rarely (and then not for more than one and a half hours)/never?

If a, Pentium M/Centrino (or iBook), if c) have a look at the cheap Elitegroup Z-Buddies.

AZ

[Jon P. Inghram]

I'd have to guess she'd rarely if ever use battery power. Anyone had any experience getting one online, no more problems than ordering any other computer components?

[Kurt]

Toshiba has some rock bottom prices right now. 700-800$. Go for it. They're usually P4 2.66 or 2.8 with enough RAM (256 or 512) and HDD for what she wants to do.