I bought a HP Laserjet 6L Se for 300$ in 1998 for eldest son going to college, handed down to second son in college. Quiet and small, generic toner cartidge ~30$ - it has given us value for money. Bought a Samsung ML-2010 couple of weeks back (80$), after a Epson 740 died - its certainly noisy and came with a limited use (1000 copies) cart and the cheapest toner cartridge I can find is $50. Seems flimsy, though print quality is excellent - but lets see how it turns out.