I have been looking at the new apple ipad...with all the features...wifi...3 g etc

a couple of months ago i purchased an accer aspire one full house netbook...after reading reviews etc i managed to find one with led full hd screen...3 gbuilt in...wireless lan...bluetooth...dolby headphone...7 hours battery life and it lasts about 6 and half hours of continous use...the only thing i was bummed about was the atom 570 proccessor but for what i use it for...i am yet to find it too slow...it doesnt have a cd rom either but for a couple bob you can get an external unit to load programs etc... just use flash drives

i run a thermal imagining program and all my work programs...xp pro...full office...visio...etc...without a problem.

but now found the new ones have fold over touch screens...i3 processors...many gig hardrives...the friggen works...my next investment a better faster touch screen netbook...

the thing i enjoy most about my netbook is the look on peoples faces when i pull it out form betwen my notebooks and open it...they cant believe it is so small and the picture is brilliant and the fact that i sit for the entire meeting and dont have to look for a plug or a telephone cable to send the report while i am sitting in the meeting and have another person joining in the meeting on my screen linked thru skype...because it also has a built in camera and speaker.

i have a 22 " samsung screen which i can also link to the netbook if i want he picture to be bigger...but i dont carry the screen around unles i go out of town and need to do reports and check images or recording from power quality equipment.

i have a really top line laptop i use to use for work but since i got the netbook it has become a paper weight in my office...the pathetic battery life of laptops just take the mobility out of them.

if you do decide to splash out and get a netbook dont waste your money on a cheapy...rather splash out and get one with all the bells and whistles you wont be sorry...my next one will fold in half and have touch screens on both side