Advice on Purchasing an HP

[Eddie W. Shore]

Easy to maintain...

I would echo the recommendations for both the HP 48G and HP 50g series. Try to avoid the 49g+ if you can because the keyboards of the 49g+, especially the early production around 2003, has bad keyboards (speaking from owning two that a key broke off). The 48gII may be an option (try to go for the later production, since it would have 256K RAM, but no SD cards). My first picks would be the 48G, 48S, or 50g.

If you want something on the small, portable factor, I'm thinking either the 11C or 15C (they are both slow (unless you get the 15C Limited Edition) and more expensive).

If your budget is a bit larger, the 42S is always a favorite. The 41C is also solid (they will need N batteries).

Hope that helps.