Need help picking a small laptop/netbook

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I just started college and the need for stable computer has be come present, so I figured I'd ask you guys

I'm not asking for much, I just need some thing that can run Office 2007 and be very portable long battery life and be better than what I'm running now which wont be too hard (1.6? 1.2 ghz 512 40gb hdd) <----and won't break the bank