BTW: I up-keep of five Toshiba units at the library. They are nice machines and good values since they’re discount bin products not the newer models.

The most disappointing issue is I see Netbooks as “gate way” machines. What Toshiba is losing out on is name recognition in the computer market in the US when they don’t have a “gate way” machine for sale. That is not to say the NB100 is a great machine, but among the 8.9” selection it held its own for specs and it would have been a known brand.

I suppose it’s not a big deal since they don’t yet have a 10” model for sale, but it seems illogical for Toshiba to not enter into the Netbook marketplace. I hope they have a 10” by the end of the year that we could buy.

What I heard at the Toshiba booth today was, first (as you're aware) “Well, there's a netbook type machine that's on sale in developing markets, but no plans are yet official about whether we'll be selling it in the U.S.,” and, second (from another representative) “six months.” Slight paraphrase, but that was the gist. (I got the 6-months answer when I asked about some of the disembodied lids (no keyboard / CPU) on display, the bottom row of which looked very netbook like, in size and color. (Didn't match any of their other machines on display, not even some of their quite-small ones.)

Also in Canada!