I almost bought an eee pc, Chris. I canceled those plans when i actually tried playing around with one at Microcenter for a little while. The keyboard is ****ing tiny, no 2 ways about it. My man-sized fingers just couldn't handle it. And that 7" screen was just too small to do anything with. I bought a second hand Toshiba Portege R100 for the same price and I like it a whole lot better. Plus it gets 5-6 hours of battery life with the extended battery. 12.1" screen for an ultraportable notebook is much more my size.