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I had an HP ZD8000 laptop that I suffered through for 3 Years. It was everything the Lenovo isn't. The HP was big, Heavy, noisy, hot to the touch, hard on the eyes, and unreliable. After the HP developed the "jailhouse bars" vertical lines on it's display and HP customer service blew it off, it was time to look for something better. Firstly NO HP PRODUCT, EVER.

The Lenovo came the closest to what I wanted. The 10 inch display is more usable than the dim fuzzy 17 incher on the HP. The keyboard is very comfortable for long sessions.

The S10 weighs in around 3 pounds. The 3 cell battery handles my portable needs. For the semifixed needs a Targus AC/DC/car power converter does the trick. The Targus powers it in the car, where I mate the S10 with a Delorme USB GPS receiver and navigate with Street Atlas.

My main use is genealogy. The S10 runs all the programs just fine. The Master Genealogist requires setting the display for more pixels than it has and bumping up and down with the cursor.

Scanning is with a Canon LIDE 35 (replaced by LIDE 100) which weighs 3.5 lbs and is a little bigger than the S10. It powers over the USB. It scans pictures and documents. It lives in the bag with the S10.

Printing is with an ancient Canon BJC-80. It is small enough to take along, when needed.

Windows XP is a real plus. I fought with Vista on my wife's new Toshiba laptop. Windows 7 will no doubt be worse. XP rules!

Broadband connection is by an ATT Ultra Express modem. A USB modem would probably be the way to go today.

I have used the S10 for close to 2 years. The new smart books might replace it. The S10 and a cell phone are more user friendly.

The S10 and scanner take up less room and weigh less than the HP 17 inch by itself. It goes everywhere. A real portable office.

The only improvement that would make the S10 better is lower cost. It is already a bargain.Get more detail about Lenovo Ideapad S10 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home) Black.

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I've had this machine now for about 5 or 6 months and I generally take it wherever I go. I can use the wifi at my mom's place to watch Youtube or Hulu without having to use one of their PCs. It also makes a great note-taker, because it suspends/resumes or hibernates/resumes quickly.

The machine has a nice big 160 GB hard drive, so I can pack all my valued data on it. This way, if my place gets burgled while I'm out, I still have my files. I personally would avoid units with flash storage because anything less than 40 GB is just too small.

i paid $258 for this one on Amazon back then, and I don't understand why the price has gone up so much. Ultra-portability is nice, but once it goes over $300 it isn't an impulse buy anymore.

The one aspect that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the fact that the case does not have any sort of neck/shoulder strap. Okay, it may have added to the cost to include something like this, but they could have at least put hooks on the case so we could attach our own strap.Get more detail about ASUS Eee PC 900HA 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, XP Home) Black.