600-800.
Ended up settling on the Thinkpad x220. Has rave reviews, listed as one of the best laptops you can buy and that's when its regular price is over 1000. Ended up picking out an i5 model instead of the i3. Will likely swap in a SSD and 8gb of ram. Its listed as a top 5 ultraportable laptop on cnet and a top 10 of all laptops available on notebook reviews. All in price should be ~680. With ram it'll be closer to 760 if/when i pick it up.
The IPS screen with incredible viewing angles and the build quality of Thinkpads made it work for me. Also i hear their keyboards are fantastic to use. Battery life is over 8 hours with the 6 cell and i can always pick up the 9 cell for 13 hours of life.
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