Pros: Small, ultra portable, snappy response, crisp easily readable display with 1366x768 pixels (vs 1024x600 for a netbook), keyboard feels natural even to my big hands, long battery life, supports hardware virtualization, much more powerful than a netbook.

Cons: One picky little point: The touchpad "button" area is still part of the touchpad, so it's easy to move the pointer off target just as you go to click--takes a day or two to get used to using the "button" to home in on the target, then you're ok. One major problem: How do I get the thing back from my wife? Me, "You really enjoy this little laptop, don't you. Why don't we get you one of your own." Her, "Oh, I only use yours occasionally, so we don't need to spend the money to get me one [bats eyelashes], do we?" Cultural note to self--Definition of occasionally: 1) in boy speak, not frequently or of great duration. 2) in girl speak, only once a day, usually lasting from arising until going to bed.

Overall Review: I was looking for something almost as small as a netbook, but with much more power. This machine definitely fills the bill. I'm generally not a fan of the flat slab-style keys that are rampant on laptops to make them thinner, and I thought I would just have to grit my teeth and endure it. Surprise! The keyboard is very responsive and just as easy to type on as the more traditional deep-dish style keys found on keyboards for desktop machines. This integrated touchpad "button" is tricky in linux; sometimes the button function is not recognized, depending on the distro. That's a little bit of a pain. Getting the wireless card working in linux is also a pain. Still not there. So, some issues for linux use, but not a deal breaker. Overall, this machine represents a lot of bang for the buck; I would definitely buy it again.

Pros: cost, image quality, text clarity, color richness, screen size and resolution (1680x1050).

Cons: Two small ones: 1) I wish the screen would tilt back a little farther. 2) I would have preferred a glossy screen finish. I can easily live with both of these issues.

Overall Review: I have had 2 of these monitors for over 2 months now. No dead pixels on either one. I've run them at maximum resolution and color depth using Intel onboard video and several nVidia cards, including a really old one with no problems. I've run from win XP Pro, Vista, 7 RC, and GNU/Linux OpenSUSE 11.0, Ubuntu 8.04-9.04, and Mandriva 2009.0 and 2009.1. I know, the OS shouldn't make a difference, but people sometimes wonder, especially newbies. This monitor just works, folks.