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Hello,

Usually we buy hardware from the States or Dubai or anywhere but here. In this case, an Ethiopian girl that I work with wants to send a laptop to her relative back home. I can't get specifically what she needs other than that a student will use it. I just know that they don't always have internet so something like a cloudbook.

I'm thinking she should get one of those low processing power netbooks, something with a 12inch or 13inch screen. From a quick search on newegg, it's looks like a netbook is what I'm looking for.

Any advice where to find something like that? Should I tell her to stay away from Chromebooks?

Any advice appreciated, thanks.
you can buy a Toshiba Satellite C55 i3 CPU, 4GB Ram, 500 GB HDD 15" Screen @ 400~425$.
15" is too big. There's plenty of stuff less than $400 on NewEgg
Any other suggestions?
They have ads in front of Khoury home for a $199 laptop--celeron processor, 2 gig ram and a 500 meg hd. Doesn't include windows though.