I broke down and got a Eee PC 1000HA.
Pros: Size is a great compromise between portability and usability. Bright screen. No bloatware out of the box. Comes with a sleeve which I thought was a nice touch. Long battery life. Wireless works fine. XP loads quickly. The hard drive comes as 2 logical drives (80G [C:] and 61G [D:], no Partition Magic needed.
Cons: Mousepad is a bit small and insensitive, you have to be firm with your taps to make it work. No webcam software. Black case shows fingerprints horribly (I wanted white, but it was $10 more. Pfft, I’m not paying money for that.) I had to get TweakUI to get rid of the Eee Storage desktop Icon.
The keyboard takes a little getting used to. I don’t use the right-shift so it’s not as big a deal for me, but switching to the smaller size is an adjustment.
Sound quality is good. Videos are crisp and clear.
The familiar XP interface is nice. I know exactly what I need to do and where everything is. Kinda refreshing after wrestling with Linux.
I’m sure that sooner or later I’m going to wish there was a DVD drive to load something or other, but that can be gotten around through thumb drives.
Overall, two thumbs up.
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