I picked up a small "pizza box" PC running a VIA Giga Pro (733mHz) chip from 
CompuFirst, 43rd and Indian School (I think). They sell for about $300 ready 
to run. The VIA chip running very cool. 

Nice little box for surfin' and e-mail. Both Mandrake 8.2 and SuSE 8.0 loaded 
fine.

Also, check http://www.myaopen.com for bare bones systems starting about $195.

Dennis