Laptop for FRC Labview: Recommendation Wanted

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Summary: I'm looking for a low cost, but decent performing laptop for Labview training.

We are going to start training on Labview for our team. I'd like to be able to get some laptops for the students to use. The system specs from NI say Pentium with 1GB of memory and a screen with 1024 x 768 pixels as a recommended system.

Systems like the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 with the 1.3 Ghz Atom looks like they will fit in that spec range. Some of the other mini-books only have 1024*600 displays, so that excludes them. I'm also thinking that the 9" screens will be a problem with complex Labview programs.

Does anyone have any experience with the Atom based laptops running Labview?

I'm also looking at systems that are going to be able to stand up to a seasons worth of use (and abuse) programming. My experiences has been that the real cheap laptops come apart at the hinges or that the cases crack. I don't want to replace them next year.

Any laptop recommendations?