I have had 2 laptops in my time, and so many desktops it's too hard to list.  You can get computers for varying prices, from probably $300 and up.  However, I do not believe in buying the most expensive thing on the market because technology devalues so quickly.  I got my Acer laptop in 2007 at my local Wal-Mart for $350, a weekly special I couldn't believe to be true. —  The computer came with a 1.7 Gh processer and a 1GB RAM and a hardrive size of 80 MB.  It has Windows Vista, which my husband and I were looking at to upgrade my other laptop which is only 2… read full review »