Another little Eee PC (the first one we got three and a half years ago between our wedding and our honeymoon). While the first one was adorable, it was too underpowered to work with the photos off my new camera, getting photos off it was a pain (you had to do a cp -p to preserve the timestamps on the files), the screen was *tiny* and difficult to use Firefox on, and the final nail in the coffin - it runs Linux, but I need Windows or MacOS to run my GPS software.
I wanted an SSD for it, but they're really hard to get in netbooks (apparently people want more space so they can use them for downloading holiday photos). The Macbook Air certainly looked pretty swishy, but at three times the price, and the pain of me having to learn a whole new OS and find replacement applications put me off. I decided I just wanted something reasonably cheap that wouldn't be the end of the world if anything happened to it while travelling.
JB HiFi had the R051PX for $397, Dick Smith had it for $399. So Phil looked up MSY and they had it for $299. So out to Fyshwick I trekked this afternoon :)
Haven't played with it much yet, just doing lots of updates.
Not sure what we'll do with the old one (which we paid $500 for - ouch!!), maybe give it to the kids for Christmas or something..??
And I still have that old 98 laptop too - and it even still boots! But couldn't get the GPS software working on that either - it installed ok but then wouldn't actually run :(
Missy
Let us know how it works out!