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I did end up getting the eee 1000 mentioned above from Amazon. It shipped really quickly and we had it the day after we placed the order. So far, I'm really happy with it. It set up flawlessly with our wireless network. It boots quickly, plays videos well. Even comes with Skype on it, so I connected up with the built-in webcam and video chatted with my wife... in the next room.
Honestly, I was a bit nervous about Linux having not used it before, but it seems to be really transparent to use. I'll need more time to spend looking around and seeing what applications I might want that it doesn't have currently, if there are any.
We're about to take a trip to Colorado. It will be nicer to travel with a sub-3-pound netbook than our regular laptop which tops 8 pounds with the power cord and all.
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