Tigerdirect has several of those smaller (abt 9”) screen computers for under $400. I noticed they were mostly XP or Linux.
I read too that Windows 7 is just a sneaky lame upgrade of VISTA, and it has the same inherent problems VISTA has.
Where did you read that? I was reading the about the Windows 7 pre-beta release this morning, and it was demo'd on a netbook. It's admittedly limited function (it's pre-beta) but was apparently fast and stable.
If the "minwin" core is as described and Windows 7 is indeed based on that core then it's a quite different animal than Vista.