Inexpensive Laptop for my son

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Thanks for the suggestion, but
1. The stuff has been ordered
2. I am not fond of Linux. I have used it at work and installed it once at home. I suppose I would feel differently if I knew more, but I don't want to invest the time.
3. I agree that Open Office is a nice program. Definitely an excellent  alternative to MS Office.
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Of course those are good reasons (specially #1 ;) ), but as far as time goes, if you're using Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office you're already halfway there. Keep using open source applications and before you know it you won't realize it if someone replaces XP with KDE and windows with linux in your box ;)