Does anybody else think that “funky font” looks like it escaped from a Tim Burton movie? First time I saw it (on a real HP box), I checked my calendar to see if Halloween was coming up.

It's always bother the living 'ish out of me that every Netbook manufacturer REFUSES to give us what we want. Why is that Chinese knock off manufacturer's seem to understand this but american companies refuse to make the same options available to american customers. Makes me want to slap a….

First off – DITCH THE MONSTER BEZEL on the 10″ models. Keep the overall size but put a larger screen in there with a higher resolution with a super slim near non existent bezel.

Then, we want 2 models with these specs:

One 10″ and one 11.6″ (who's outer shell is only .65″ larger than the 10″ model because it's got less screen bezel not just a larger case size to accommodate the larger screen) with 1366×768 res (glossy and Mate options) and the option on both 10 and 11″ models for sight impaired folks @ 1024×600. Internally we want a low power dual core 1.8Ghz processor (that we users can upclock to 2Ghz with a button press when needed ala Asus's EeePC overclocking setup) and 250 or 320GB Hd's for spinning platter style or 80 and 160GB Intel X25-M (with TRIM thank you very much) Solid State drives as options. 2GB of ram standard. Then, FOUR.. FOUR USB ports. Three was barely enough and more and more of these netbooks are only getting two now – which is more than a joke, it's a slap in our faces. And Finally nothing less than 60WH 6-cell batteries THAT DO NOT EXTEND OFF THE BACK OF THE MACHINE. Asus again does this better than anyone else in it's 1005 series of 10″ netbooks. Everyone else needs to copy this battery form factor style or just give the F up. Outside of that the manufacturer's can do any damn thing they want with the machines – seriously – WE DON'T CARE. Just give us the above things as standards.

Then they can work on their margins with shit like ION and and Bluetooth or Broadcom adapters and all the other miscellaneous stuff that can be found in a myriad of netbooks.

I know I'm not alone here.