I wanted something within the $100-300 range if possible.

Also, does anyone know if HP has released a product similar to the netbook and what it is called?

The guy at best buy told me that, so I just wanted to see if there was another option for me.

this dell will be your best because its on on sale and it has nice facomponentsnts and windows 7
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/cyber-monday?c=us&cs=19&l=en&pid=1&s=dhs