I finally bit the bullet and bought an EeePC to take to Europe. This is the 2nd gen EeePC. I love this thing. No hard disk. 40 giga bytes!!! Count em 40 giga bytes!!!! of solid state storage memory. One gig of user RAM. You can throw this thing across the room and it will still work. Shock proof. Three pounds. Ten inches by seven inches by one inch thick. Six! count em! six hours of battery life. No hard disk ... no hard disk motor to suck down the juice. Linux with two dozen programs for free. Thunderbird, Firefox and Open Office to name just a few pre installed programs. There are hundreds of other Linux programs on the web that can be downloaded and installed with just a few mouse clicks in seconds.

I had this thing up and running my email in just a few minutes. It was the easiest computer I ever connected to an email provider. No viruses. I have been using Linux for ten years and I never had a virus.

Three USB ports. A video connector for a large monitor. Built in camera. SD card slot. Ethernet connector. Wireless. Blue tooth. Mic and earphone connectors.

Not cheap. I paid about $800 with CA tax from a local computer store.
You can get it cheaper on the web.

Boots up quick and shuts down quick. Asus has an excellent rep in the computer biz.

This is perfect for use in a light airplane at altitude as hard disk fail at high altitudes. You can also get USB data acquisition systems for monitoring engine parameters.

I love it.

Paul Lamar