A <$250 laptop purchased today is more powerful than the Air mentioned above. I think it's a reasonable baseline. It's still possible to get a 2GB laptop today,

A <$250 laptop purchased today is more powerful than the Air mentioned above. I think it's a reasonable baseline. It's still possible to get a 2GB laptop today, but it's becoming more rare, and the CPUs are very much more powerful than your old netbook.