I was very much interested in getting a Netbook after my older Acer TM800 got unusable: they are much more transportable, being very much smaller and lighter, and have way better battery time. I also didn't count on heavy programming, use of virtual machines or other heavy-duty tasks, which I use my desktop for. Trouble was, it was essentially impossible to get either a version with a swiss keyboard, or a Linux variant, and of course both together. So I ended up ordering directly from Switzerland, but had to go for a Windows version. As I was ordering, I got myself both an EEE 1000A and an EEE 901.

The 901's keyboard is rather small, not really usable for my own hands. My wife though likes it. The purpose for me was from the start to use this little thing as the link between my MP3 collection and my HiFi setup. The SSD's being smallish, it's really not much more space than a basic OS these days - but that's all I need to have a nice KDE with Amarok, and of course NFS mount of my MP3s.

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