Experience with netbooks
jcmhn: Acer Aspire 1 with 2gig ram. Running XP Home SP3.My usual app mix:
firefox with 3-10 tabs and 1 or 2 windows
cygwin x server with 0-2 remote x apps
2-5 ssh terminals (local urxvt clients)
notepad++ with 1-4 tabs open
openoffice writer and calcThroughout the day I sometimes run: a native windows web server, a hosted virtual linux install, pdfs, torrent clients, rdp clients, cygwin or native java tools, and several oldish video games (diablo2, morrowind, warcraft3, galciv2, angband)My primary problem is the screen size, many games are unplayable without connecting to a desktop monitor since the max native resolution on the screen is something goofy like 1024x600. This also means that some web apps have layout issues - they can usually be worked around with some combination of browser and plugin configuration.The dual core 1.6ghz processor is surprisingly capable - opening spreadsheets and pdfs sometimes open in 2.5 seconds rather than 2 seconds, but I somehow manage to get by :D