I can buy a used P3 laptop for $250 here in the states. Will the performance be worth that much? They won't even be able to run XP very well will they?

Are you kidding? A 900 Mhz dothan with a gig of ram will run XP just fine. Pretty much any Pentium M notebook dropped down to that speed when running off of battery power.

The major limitations are the paltry 8 GB storage capacity, the major hit on battery life that a usb hard drive would cause, and the need for an external dvd rw drive.

how much is that in euros or dollars ?

[Do we have to do all your work for you? Try going to http://www.xe.com/ucc/ - Ed.]

The NT$ that these Laptops are priced in, is that the NT (New Taiwan) Dollar.???

If it is, that makes the $7,999 Dollar version £244 USD, or £120 GBP.

Or if you prefer, thats 43,400 HUF, 1,583 SEK, 289 CHF, or 69 FUK's.

Andy

What in the world is NT$ :P
Can't you translate that to dollars ou euro 

cheers