Hi Kurt, re: HP TC1100 - that's like 7 years old, which is fairly ancient technology wise but it should still work for light/moderate duty stuff.

One thing to watch out for is that some of those models seem to come with only 256MB of system RAM which would probably be pushing it, you would want 512MB or better yet one with 1GB system RAM.

So keep that in mind - if the one you decide on is a 256MB one you'll probably also need a RAM upgrade along with it to make it run better.

With only 256MB there is too much of a chance that you'll swap memory to disk too much and that will slow things down more than anything else.

An older machine like this can actually be pretty serviceable as long as it has enough system RAM in it. And an older machine that has nVidia or ATI graphics on it helps it out quite a bit as well.

Sometimes batteries on old systems like these are worn out and you may want to find out if you can get a new battery pack for it or not.

- Michael