I recently purchased a new HP mini netbook. After graduating college and looking at what I would use the computer for, I realized that almost 99% of the time I spend on my computer is related to either the Internet or Word Processing. I don't really need the gargantuan hard drive space (and I could always just buy and external hard drive). What I was looking for was a fast, portable, lightweight computer that would as reliable as it was inexpensive. 

What I found was pretty much what I was looking for. The Mini 1000 is the base model for HP's relatively new line of netbooks. For under 300 bucks,...