Most of the best $349 laptops available for purchase on the market have 7 inch screens and a hard drive capacity of just 2 to 4 GB. If you want to buy a new full-sized laptop with at least an 80 GB hard drive then you're likely going to have to boost your budget to at least $399. I have seen a new full-size laptop go for $349 but it was only on one occassion. Ebay and other computer auctions are places you could find used $349 laptop computers. Keep in mind that $349 laptops sold on auction sites are most often going to be heavily used with the actual condition dependent upon how well the seller took care of the computer and whether any refurbishment takes place before shipment.
Just so you're aware, there are tons of new and refurbished desktop computers on the market from $199 to $349. Such desktops are perfectly fine for surfing the internet safely, receiving and sending email, listening to and burning CDs, watching DVDs, and downloading or saving a reasonable amount of files. The lowest-priced laptops typically