For me I normally don't care at all how big, bulky or heavy a laptop is until I am traveling/vacationing. I like to travel light, so it's nice if my laptop is

For me I normally don't care at all how big, bulky or heavy a laptop is until I am traveling/vacationing. I like to travel light, so it's nice if my laptop is so light and small that rather than needing a whole bag of its own, it can slip comfortably into a bag I was going to bring with me anyway. Being a cheapskate with high tech standards, my solution was the Asus AS1410 (dual core model). For about $100 more than a netbook, you get a laptop with decent specs that's almost netbook sized, but has a keyboard that doesn't hurt to type on, and a much higher resolution display.