[wh-uws]

Not attacking you asking you a serious question.

Please tell me where I can get a $350 mac. I want one, seriously. And not a mini.

You're going to want a laptop/notebook so you can go to hackdays / meetups to get to know like minded people and learn.

[chc]

I just looked on Craigslist and found a few Mac laptops for under $400. Most were lousy in some way, but a few were legitimately just older models that people didn't want anymore (e.g. white MacBooks). But I wouldn't recommend a laptop if you're just this side of destitute. They're generally not as good a value on the low end.