By typical I mean, N270 1.6GHz, 1Gb ram (maybe 2), 120Gb HDD, Intel graphics, that kind of thing.
Are they capable of playing 720p high-def MKV videos? Is there enough poke to run something like Visual Studio 2008? What about Windows 7, can they cope ok?
Finding it difficult to justify one but if they can do the above it would be easier