While I think it would be better if Lenovo ditched the hard drive in favour of solid state, and i’m not interested in buying one of things if Linux in some form isn’t an option, I do think $400 is not unreasonable for an ultra-small portable if it packs decent features, excellent battery life, and most important a DECENT KEYBOARD. the HP Mininote was outright eliminated as an option for me despite its nice keyboard because of its ridiculously high price and that it comes with Vista (I will not willingly allow myself to bump up Microsofts Vista numbers that it quotes to the media and its shareholders by even one instance)

The Dell E is apparently missing the function keys altogether (F1-F12) so unless a miracle happens between now and its release date, I’m not sold on it. The rest have crappy keyboards and touchpads. Which as someone who wants to write a screenplay about a time travelling dinosaur rapper while on the go, is a necessity.

Still a lot of companies seem to be jumping on the bandwagon, eventually someone will create what I want (its not that hard)

meanwhile i, like most people, won’t buy it if linux is the only option. i could also use the hard drive. i’m disappointed in the dell, and now very interested in the lenovo.

Windows version only (No Linux option) is as much as irritating as hell, you know.

Thanks for this post.