Netbooks are the Nintendo Wiis of the laptop world. I fell for the netbook hype and bought a Mini 9. What I wanted was a convenient way to quickly get on the w

Netbooks are the Nintendo Wiis of the laptop world. I fell for the netbook hype and bought a Mini 9. What I wanted was a convenient way to quickly get on the web to get movie times or weather or check my email. What I got was a laptop that boots up slower than my Macbook, with a screen that is too small, a processor too slow, and a keyboard prone to typos. It's infinitely easier to just open the lid on the sleeping Macbook instead. At this point, the Mini 9 basically only sees use as a streaming media player for the kids. It's actually usable for that. That said, I hold out hope for Chromium OS netbooks. I played around Dell's build of Chromium OS on the Mini 9 and it shows great potential. It booted up and was ready to browse the web in about 15 seconds. So my advice - wait until Chromium OS netbooks start popping up this fall.