If you wanted a budget laptop back in 2003, this is what 500$ of 2003 could get you, a Toshiba Satellite 1800. With a celeron at 900mhz, 256MB of ram and a
Toshiba Satellite 2.8GHz Notebook A25-S279 - Best Buy
This is what about 1000$ could get you back in 2002-2003. The toshiba Satellite 1000 series came with a Celeron at 1.06GHz, 256MB (not GB) of ram (512MB max supported), a 15GB