Quick laptop question..minimum speed to compile c++ code

[Jay59express]

I am thinking about purchasing a laptop this summer to have for college next year. The reason that I want it is so I can bring it home and work on my CS homework (not counter strike ) on the weekends since I go home all the time. This is probably all it will be used for (and word processing). I don't want to spend a lot of money on this thing at all, all it needs is a fast enough processor to compile/run the code, and probably a 2-3 gig HD. What do you think I will need? Cost?
Thanks

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

CodeWarrior 5.5 seems to work fine on my 266 MHz PII laptop. What OS do you plan to run? For development work use Linux or Windows2000

 

[Jay59express]

For the CS class that i will be taking next semester, the work will be done under windows i am pretty sure, but I will probably be using 98, since it requires a little less ram to run well.
So about a 266 should suffice?