[null and void]

I see this story has legs...

[pennyfarmer]

I love my netbook.

I use it as a GPS navigation unit in the car. I use it with astronomy software when I have the telescope out. I use it as a cookbook when I am in the kitchen.

It is possibly the most versatile computer I have ever owned.

[chris_bdba]

Does anyone have a mini netbook? If so can you tell me how many usb ports they have? I’ve looked all over the internet and no one seems to answer this question. I need atleast two to send machine embroidry designs to my embroidry machine and still be able to use a mouse. One of thse would be great because they are cheap and would save me from having to move my machine to the computer and also if I drop it accidently I only lose $300!

[KarlInOhio]

For the typical user running web/email/word processing/simple spreadsheets we have topped out on the processing power needed. Other than the ever increasing demands of Windows, most users are looking for smaller (and easier to carry), longer battery life, more rugged and with a constant net connection. Gamers and other people doing heavy CPU operations like authoring DVDs and big graphics still need the "big iron" and faster CPUs, but most others would be better served by smaller computers. It comes to the point where the human interface with a screen big enough to see and a keyboard big enough to type on are the limiting factor in practical computers size. (I consider an iPhone to be too small to do any real data input on).

[txroadkill]

I love my little netbook. I mounted it in my truck and added a $30 GPS program and receiver plus mobile broadband. I’ve got live traffic, e-mail, I can search for addresses on line, my kids watch movies on long trips, and best of all, I can FReep on the move.

[ottbmare]

I wanted to buy a netbook, but realized that the keyboards of the affordable models are really too small for my hands. You can get netbooks with larger keyboards but those models are so expensive you might as well get a full-featured laptop.

I don’t see the point, frankly.

[martin_fierro]

The Acer Aspire One that I’ve been noodling around with these last few weeks must have a hardware problem.

It kept locking up under XP, and now also under Linux.