-ok, i know its not exclusive to this pc, but ive never video chatted before, and since i got this thing, ive been able to see and talk to my girlfriend on the computer on a daily basis, since her college is quite a ways away. Her computer is a top of the line notebook that never leaves her desk because of bulkiness and pathetic battery life, so her only backdrop is the block wall of her dorm XD but with this eeepc, she never sees me in the same place twice, and almost all of the time im outside, far from buildings (which really says something about the wireless card. i d

Some people still prefer more battery hours and less noise and heat. I belive a big vilain was the revival of XP for netbooks that required beefier specs. I dont mind programming in a 7 inch screen at all. What I dont want is my system to run out of power before I get my work done just becouse Im using a big 12 inch screen and the system is full of useless bells and whistles.

One last thing to note is that the prices raised as the so called netbooks started to look more like regular notebooks. I remeber buying my 701 2G Surf for 300 CDN (Canadian dollars, for the ones who doesnt know) and now Im afraid of what will happen the day my EeePC doesnt work anymore? I dont want to carry some clunky pseudo-netbook that will only service me for 1 hour and a half before failing and cost a hefty price for something I dont want.