So true, Bob. And after my comments, I must admit I just took over a small netbook. My wife got this Sony P588E last year as an "easy to carry on trips" way to get email. It was painfully slow because it had Vista (apparently not made for the Atom processor). She got an IPad about 4 weeks ago, so I got the P. I just installed Windows 7 on it and it's a real computer again. I'm enjoying everything except the squinting.