Given my workflow, I could be using a machine of that kind 95% of the time, as long as Chromium or Iceweasel perform acceptably. I'm on Vim and Screen, and com

Given my workflow, I could be using a machine of that kind 95% of the time, as long as Chromium or Iceweasel perform acceptably. I'm on Vim and Screen, and compiling. More than anything I notice a fast storage device. Plug in an SSD and that's solved. Lack of 3D acceleration is a pain if you use something that requires it. I do some scientific computing with OpenCL, which I have a machine dedicated to. Other than that, it would be okay for me. If only the screen resolution was good, which doesn't seem to be the case. But it's still acceptable for some uses. Only the abysmal battery life, noisy fan and poor screen seem a very strong sacrifice over what I use in one of my laptops (it does have decent 3D acceleration but I barely ever use it). As GPU acceleration gets more prevalent in general computing this is going to be a show-stopper too... If only someone came with a fully FOSS system-on-a-chip at the level of the newer beagleboards, I'd be willing to pay a 100% premium, easily.