In honor of the iPad launch, I bought myself... a netbook!

It's small - about the height of a book, and quite thin.  It can be folded up to protect itself.  It has a keyboard with real keys for a touch typist.  It has USB ports so you can plug devices into it.  It has not 16GB of storage, not 32 or 64 - try 250 GB.  Its software is downloadable, sans viruses or spyware, and free. All for the price of $350! :)

If you're curious, I got the Asus Eee PC 1005PE. From Amazon - no waiting in line.  Compare with a Lenovo Thinkpad W500 and a Dell 24" monitor....

I'm not a Mac. I'm not a PC. I believe in bang for the buck. I'm Linux! :)

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