The trouble is that the eee is too small for any real work. I want a full size laptop (at least 13"). I'm just amazed at the contrast between building a laptop

The trouble is that the eee is too small for any real work. I want a full size laptop (at least 13"). I'm just amazed at the contrast between building a laptop and a desktop. People have been building desktops for years, but there just isn't a culture of building laptops from scratch!