Geekshow

I have never used a netbook, but I recently bought a $400 laptop.  It's really nice to be able to sit on the couch and surf the net, write articles, or watch something on Hulu or Netflix while my wife watches something on TV I'm not interested in.

I'm looking for a netbook at the moment. What I'm waiting for is a good quality one that comes with 3G built in (has a SIM card slot). I have a 3G SIM card just for internet access, so I can just slot this into the netbook and use it to surf anywhere. There are a few on the market but they are either very expensive (the Sony Vaio P Series) or poor quality (Advent 4213). 

The Asus Eee PC 1000HE is a good piece of kit and should be fine for what you want to use it for. I'm currently waiting for Asus to announce a release date on a variant of this, the Eee PC 1000HG. This has 3G built in and looks like just the device for me.

Asus make all the best Netbooks, so I would definitely recommend any of them.

MtnMeister said:

As a MacHead I eagerly await the rumored Apple MacNet Book.  Of course, Apple rumors are accurate about as often as the National Enquirer.

With Apple's pricing of computers, I'm not sure I'd be interested. An $800 Netbook just doesn't appeal to me.

I've used a netbook before but found myself selling it off only after having it for 6 months. The responce times and the multi prossessing speeds killed me. I've upgraded to a M11X a my main computer and have found it to be a good compromise between portability and power. That said I havn't played with a netbook from the last few tech cycles so newer ones are probably much better. If you havn't gotten one yet I'd say wait for the newer intel and AMD sandybeach and fusion integrated processors as one of those combined with an SSD could make very tempting lightwieght but power user friendly netbook that appeals to those of us that don't want to switch to a tablet for moble use this early into the tablet wars.