On Dec 3, 2007 12:38 AM, John Ferrell wrote: > It looks like about the same price as a 2G/80G HD Toshiba laptop here in > NorthCarolina... > It does have some advantages compared to a regular laptop -- small and light. It is also much cheaper than those UMPCs. Actually it is even cheaper than most smart phones or PDA phones. The price is comparable to a PDA with GPS. My brother spends about 3 hours on train/bus everyday and buying a car means losing money here in Singapore. So he was thinking of buying the Eee to have some fun on the train. He compared iPod Touch, Eee, Nokia N95 and some PDAs and it seems that Eee fits the purpose the best. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist