You should see my bike :) More seriously, both personal and economic issues make this a reasonable tradeoff for me. I assure you it has nothing of masochistic,

You should see my bike :) More seriously, both personal and economic issues make this a reasonable tradeoff for me. I assure you it has nothing of masochistic, though maybe it has a stoic streak. edit: Again, to not derail the point, Firefox works great, even multitasking, in a low-powered netbook.