Local Fry's equivalent are taking preorders for the Asus Eee with XP preloaded. Price for 4 GB version is $NZ700 / $US560 which is $100 more than the $NZ600 / $US480 Linux only version. You can also buy a "real" Asus notebook for about the same price. 80 GB 512 kB. Vista home. Arguably a far better bargain. But, then you'd have to use it :-(. The Eee XP seems to be prices far far far too high. Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist