Acer Aspire AS1410-8804 11.6-Inch Black Laptop - 6 Hour Battery Life Reviewed by Buck (Chapel Hill, NC)
Satisfied Rating (8/10)

I got tired of lugging around a 7+ lb laptop. I did a LOT of research and settled on this small 3.1 lb notebook. Compromises were definitely made, but for the price, portability, and battery life, you cannot beat this deal. My first Acer 1410 had a fan issue where the fan whined loudly as if it were brushing against something inside - I requested an exchange and the new unit is very quiet. Amazon made the exchange quick and painless. I’ve had the computer for a few weeks now and here are the pros and cons as I see them:

Acer Aspire AS1410-8913 11.6-Inch Ruby Red Laptop - 6 Hour Battery Life Reviewed by John Rose Jr. (USA)
Satisfied Rating (10/10)

I hopped on the netbook trend by buying a 9″ Dell Mini. I didn’t expect it to replace my $2,000 laptop; I simply needed something to serve as a backup workstation and something that I could carry around during times (travelling, etc) when I didn’t want the worry of lugging around something that cost more than my first car.

Take a look at these two quotes, both in terms of the amount of stored energy in a laptop battery. The first is from a NY Times article about solar thermal generation:

"The idea is capture the heat of the sun. Heat, unlike electric current, is something that industry knows how to save cost. For example, said that a thermos of coffee and a laptop-battery store about the same amount of energy, John S. O'Donnell, Executive Vice President ofBusinesses in the solar thermal business, Ausra. The thermos costs about $ 5 and $ 150 laptop battery, he said, and "solar energy will therefore be the dominant form."

Acer Aspire AS1410-8414 11.6-Inch Sapphire Blue Laptop - 6 Hour Battery Life Reviewed by IV (Fresno, CA USA)
Satisfied Rating (8/10)

This laptop was a very good purchase. This is the laptop I bought in the last 2 months. One for my son and one for my daughter. Both love the fact that a small form factor, light weight, but not as small as a netbook.

But as other reviewers have noted, the laptop feels right slugish out of the box until the Aero is disabled and uninstalled all the crapware.

Hands-on with the Toshiba NB100 netbook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxoUati-Jc&hl=en