Heh. If you’ve been planning to buy a budget laptop soon (either as a gift or out of necessity), Ananadtech has a good roundup of $600 laptops reviewed.

It’s a bit technical for some, but they’re indepth and covers each of the laptop reviewed well.

The laptops reviewed are: Compaq Presario V2000, V2000Z, M2000Z; Dell Inspiron 2200; and Gateway NX200S.

Skip to the conclusion and you’ll see that they recommend the NX200S as a first pick, and the Presario V2000 as the 2nd. Note that the Gateway doesn’t come with a wireless adapter, you’ll need to configure that as an add-on.