Get a 7 inch tablet. You’ll love it. Wonderful portability and you can surf the web, read emails, watch movies, listen to music, and write docs to be played out later on your home computer if you have one. They are great especially for reading e-books in bed. The perfect size for this or for watching a movie in bed, or Freeping, or anything for that matter. And great for travel.
I’m typing this on my netbook at the moment. I love the size of my ASUS netbook (11 inch). It’s great for lying in bed, reading FR and posting comments. It’s much easier to type on a netbook, laptop or desktop when posting comments online. It’s harder to type on a tablet; however, you can buy a case with a wireless keyboard built in (check out Amazon) for some tablets (like for my DOPO’s). Works like a charm and makes posting comments online from a tablet a lot easier.
The major reason people are holding onto their older computers and even older tablets is that the Obama economy stinks.
P.S. I’m waiting for the day when you can send a document to the cloud from a tablet, and then print it out onto your home printer wirelessly directly from the cloud. I’m sure the tech nerds are busy working on this right this very minute.