My dad has a 1450 with a 1.33 ghz celeron built in 802.11b and upgraded to 1gig of ram. Its a sturdy system its been to Europe and Asia on bussines trips and knowing my dad it probably gets thrown around a little. Plays dvds and burns cds without a problem. He uses it for word processing email web surfing mostly. Its black and silver, so its not a plain jane looking laptop. Weighs about 6 lbs. There going for for as high as $375 on ebay so $275 isnt bad.