OK, I want a laptop computer for web-browsing, mostly, and also handling documents (word and excel mostly), and some multimedia (just downloading songs, etc).
I'm in the US, and I'd like to find one that wouldn't be painfully slow, and hopefully affordable. I don't wanna spend more than $650.
Now, I know Dell sells one for 500 bucks, and I heard they now pack them with Linux.
However, the only options I see on the Dell website are 4 different versions of Vista. I have several questions, that I'm gonna group together:
Should I get a Dell? What other affordable computers brands would you recommend?
I heard Dell refunds part of the price if the customer takes Linux instead of Vista. I can't find this info on their site, so is it true? If it is, how much money do they give back?
Assuming I do get a computer that runs Linux, will I be able to get used to it easily? I've been using windows, and a bit of Mac (only because I had to
) for quite a few years now, but I'm willing to spend some time learning new things.
Any help would be awesome!