I am using an ASUS 900Ha netbook to reply to this thread. Much lighter than my laptop at 6.4 pounds. The crimped keyboard is augmented by a small rubber foldable keyboard that makes typing much easier. All in all it’s better than my old pocket PC and does well when I don’t want to carry the extra load of my laptop. This is my second netbook. The first one got stolen six months ago and picked this one up on Ebay for $200. Software is all open source to do practically anything.For portability you can check out portableapps.com for all kinds of stuff you can carry on a USB thumbdrive and run on any machine. But what the heck, in about three years all this stuff including the IPad released today will be obsolete. And, if Borgbama gets us into WW III during the three years he has left all of this discussion will be mute and irrelevant.
To clarify, the 900 ha weighs in at about 2 pounds. With the 7 hour battery it goes up to about 2.5 pounds..