Well, Uncle Sam has decided that the next year of my life would be better spend in a desert, and I want a camera that can keep up.

I'm looking for something around $150 (new or used?)
Needs to be; Durable, easy to use, easy to transfer pictures with, good rechargable battery life, and take decent pictures. I have a best buy, shopko, kmart, and walmart to choose from for new. Used? I dont have a clue...

Dust and impacts will be a fact of life. I dont want it to be fragile... If I buy new, I'll get the replacement package thing. I'm computer litterate but I dont want to have 5000 features that I will not ever use. I need to send pics to my laptop (usb or wireless). A good battery life would be great, something that lasts a 24 hour day at least before a charge would be great, and I dont want to deal with AA batterys everywhere. Decent pictures? Not art or landscape quality, just good enough to have the subject matter look correct at 25meters or so...

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thank you
~Nate

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