I completely agree with the above viewpoint. These netbooks were never intended to be used as a long term work station but more as a part time traveling companion and casual use. They are great for a road trip. Almost all hotels have wireless so at day's end you can make contact with the relatives or who ever else you were planning to make contact with, can then have an opportunity to dream up new excuses to avoid you.Originally Posted by [AK]Brorlis
You can look up the best eateries and entertainment that happen to be nearby. Combine that with a GPS and you own the road. Just make sure you set your GPS to the fastest way rather than the shortest distance other wise you might endup in some very bad hillbilly country and become lost forever from civilization.
I have the original Acer 10 inch so it was around $350 with a 160g HD. HD's have dropped greatly in price. I would suggest avoiding the smaller 8 inch netbook as it's just too small. The 10 inch is compact yet you still have enough keyboard to type reasonably well on. Low cost neoprene zippered sleeves are readily available as well as compact wireless mice. No! I'm not part of the finger pad generation. The market is ever changing and costs continue to drop. As parts become more compact and technology changes, expect to eventually see a very thin DVD/CD drive, but there are lowball manufacturers that are not operating in your best interests and are willing to put out larger notebooks sans DVD drive with no warning. Buyer beware...
I dismiss the Apple comments as Apple is not competing in the Netbook competition and are not selling anything under $999 whereas we can buy a netbook for well under $300 and most of us have been long adjusted to crappy Windows. I have nothing against Apple and know they have the best operating system, but if they want to compete, bring it on! They could deviate from the Unix/Apple based to a more compact Linux/Apple trim down but I suspect they would never budge.
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