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.
I use Microsoft street and trips on my laptop. It even tells you where construction zones are and creates alternative routes for you. It isn't dependent on any internet broadband signal either. It works like any GPS device. Your broadband dependent notebook would be useless once you are out of signal range, which is usually within a few miles of most cities perimeters.