$500 laptop, good deal for this capability?

I have a nice desktop system at home, but lately I haven't been able to take advantage of it.  So I decided to take advantage of the after Christmas sales to get a laptop.   Because I live in Alaska the shipping charges for online auctions are too much for me to handle, so please don't suggest them.

At my local CompUSA I bought a V2000 Compaq Presario for $500 (728 MSRP).  The AOL deal would have made it $375 initially but would make me pay $60 more than I would save by the end.

The one I bought has:
AMD Sempron 2800+
256MB RAM
40GB HD
CD/RW + DVD ROM

The reason this V2000 is on sale is that there is a newer version that has 802.11g standard.  Using Compaq's customizer, even with the most barebones components (Sempron 3000+ being the only difference), their price is at least $728 after rebates and that's without the extras included in my current setup that would boost that price to close to a thousand.

So I know I have a great deal compared to the manufacturer's site except for the missing wireless capability (solved with a $10 adapter on sale). 

I checked auctions with free shipping, but the closest priced laptops were ancient 500mhz pentium IBM thinkpads or a suspicious offer such as:

"Toshiba Satellite P4 3.2 Ghz new in box w/ free shipping and an instant purchase price of $450!"

...from an unrated seller created a few days ago.

So do I have a keeper with my V2000 Presario, or should I return it?

Do you really have to ask that? New and unrated eBay sellers suddenly presenting dozens of improbable bargains on desirable goods should be a five alarm warning signal right there. Put it this way: if you suddenly feel a burning desire to be fleeced of your $450, click that "buy it now" button without a second thought. You've got a good price on that Presario there, and the security that if it goes wrong you've got someone you can take it back to and shout at.

Thank you for your support!  Now to convince myself I REALLY need it. (I hate dropping so much money on my card).

>>1
The eBay fleecing warning is to be taken seriously.  This being the biggest shopping season of the year, the scammers are out in force.  Read this eBayer's "Red Flags" before buying a thing on eBay.
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/arielmt2#redflags

Personally, I think you really scored on that Presario.  The only real strike against it is that it was made by "The New HP," which doesn't exactly stand for quality anymore.  But as >>2 replied, at least you have a real store to take it back to, and you have a real human bean you can shout at, if something goes wrong.

>>4 truth
Just wait for the first dumbass post on this board about "OMG EBAY RIPPED ME OFF". I guarauntee it.