What's a good thin, light and recent laptop?

[EvilYoda]

So...I finally have the money to buy my sister a laptop for college and I'm looking for something that's thin and light (up to 6 pounds is okay, I guess) while being recent enough to have at least a 1Ghz processor. My main concern aside from size/weight, however, is battery life. So the Centrino in the 600m really intrigues me, but I can't seem to find many used ones.

Could you guys suggest some models I should look at that are reliable and all else I've managed? Possibly being new enough to be under warranty still would be a definite plus. Doesn't need to be too powerful since she has a desktop.

Thanks! Save me money on the laptop so I don't have to wait on that iPod

 

[Corporate Thug]

look into averatec

 

[EvilYoda]

Bump for people who are awake now

Yeah, I've thought about Averatecs, but I thought that the build quality and reliability wasn't so great on them?

 

[ActuaryTm]

Possibly one of the Toshiba models often listed in the ATHD forum. Two examples that are typical of the offerings here and here (chose one Celeron-D model and one Pentium-M model, respectively).

 

[EvilYoda]

Thanks ActuaryTim, that was actually really helpful as that'd be exactly what I'd like for her...time to wait for a deal like that to pop up again

 

[EvilYoda]

alright, new week, new try.

 

[way]

How about an Apple iBook?