Help me find a laptop

[Green Man]

Ive received word of a promotion at work! Since I am now basking in the wonderful world of cabbage and clean ups in the canned goods department, I can now use the money Ive been saving up to buy my mother a laptop for her birthday.

Here's what I'm looking for:

-Under $500 or slightly over
-Built-In wifi
-A reasonable hard-drive
-Mild graphics capabilities(Basically, I need it to be able to run Sims 2 and shit)

I'd also to be able to get it at a B&M location, but getting it online isn't an issue.

[bork]

Drop the graphics requirement and you could buy her a nice netbook for under $500 easily.

[huckleberry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131014


This is the one I have on order.  Should be here on Friday.

[Reb]

I hear bad stories about Acer, I bought one anyway.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Samsung NC-10 and the MSI Wind are the netbooks I like the most, build-wise.

[Van Cruncheon]

my parents have that first acer. it suits their basic needs just fine, and seems to be pretty reliable.

[huckleberry]

I bought the samsung because all the reviews say the keyboard is mint and battery life is 5+ hours. 
trustedreviews.com gave it rave reviews....of course I will let you know what I think of it.
Should tide me over till the new netbooks with ion.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Yup, but it's an acceptable compromise for the size.

[huckleberry]

you can just use an exteral dvd drive...find them for cheap too.

[Eel O'Brian]

or you could download magiciso and make iso files, then download magicdisc and mount the iso files on a virtual dvd drive