battery life: anything with an actual time of 4 or more hours. which shouldnt be hard with a netbook.
color: i would like something a bit unique/stylized instead of just plain.
do they all have wifi-N? any with 2 gb ram? can they all handle what i said above? thanks!
You might want to pick up an MSI Wind U100
MSI Wind U100
Intel Atom 1.6GHz, 160GB HDD, 1.3M Webcam, 10.1 Display, Wireless N, Bluetooth, 6-Cells, Win XP & International Warranty
Check retailer in your area as I live in Australia. The only thing that i don't like about MSI Laptops/Netbooks is that MSI does go crazy with the Void if Removed stickers. This means that if you want to upgrade your ram or hard drive, you will void your warranty in doing so.
My experience with the netbook is that it pays to purchase the larger display. I originally had an Aspire Aspire One with 8.9" Display. I did not mind the display. However the size of the keyboard made it rather hard to touch types. After using it for a month, I upgraded to an Lenovo S10 and have been rather happy with it. However I did have the older model with the 3 Cell Battery. Currently i am picking up a 6 cell battery just so I can have longer battery life.
Displays. Not sure what your preference is, but I fnd the non-glossy displays are much better on a Netbook. I use my netbook for reading PDFs and CBR files. I found that a glossy display on my Acer Aspire One made things hard to read. Not the case with the Lenovo S10.
Also, unless you have a second computer and know how to share a CDRom/DVD Rom, I would suggest that you purchase an external Optical Drive. You can either go for some thing USB Powered if you are going to be on the go all the time. Or you can purchase a 5 1/4 External USB Drive Enclosure with normal desktop DVD Burner in it. This is what I did as I have a spare DVD Burner that I was not using.