If you plan to do anything that drinks air - sandblasting, sanding, painting whole cars, I might suggest waiting until the funds increase and getting a better one. Blasting and die grinders really drink air. My old craftsman ran non-stop. My current one, which also sports a 100% duty cycle, lets me sand blast all day and does not need to constantly keep running even at 100psi or more at the blast cabinet. You are more than welcome to come over and look at it.
If not then the ones at Lowes look like good deals.
Some things to look for: Duty cycle/cast iron pump housing/CFM@40 PSI
There are some good compressor writeups at hotrodders.com, chevelles.net, camaros.net, Autobody101 and elsewhere. Here are some bookmarks I have.
http://www.oldsmobility.com/air-compressor-piping.htm
http://www.eatoncompressor.com/page/page/504747.htm <-- eatons have great reviews