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I finally broke down and purchased a netbook. I ordered the MSI Wind. I found a killer deal on Amazon and could not pass it up.

I have followed the Wind for quite a while and have been amazed at how it has held up as one of the leading netbooks for over a year. I was really hoping to get a SSD (Solid State Drive) netbook but every model I priced out with at 10 inch screen broke my budget. In the running for my purchase was the Acer One 10 inch, HP 1035nr, and Samsung. Each of those would have set me back near 400 bucks. I ended up with shipping and extra RAM spending $302.

The Wind has a great following in forums and there are a lot of Hacks and Mods available. From overclocking (I think I will try this) to making it a touch screen (not interested) – Quick list of hacks

I am excited to get this in hand and setup the system into my sync. Currently I use Live Sync (formerly folder share) but I’ve been moving to Mesh to keep all files sync’d. I have a vacation coming up that I have been planning on getting a netbook for. Since we are traveling by plane and have limited luggage and kids (3 children) I did not want to take my laptop. I will have to post on how well a netbook can be used as a primary machine.

I have been thinking of getting a NetBook for a while. I have many reasons to get one, most of all is the portable size of the unit. It will also make it easier for me to not break out “my work” as my wife calls the laptop at the moment.

So if you were to get a NetBook what would you get it for? Which one would you buy?

As far as I can see Acer one, Dell Mini, and Lenovo seem to be the leaders. I have heard good news on the Samsung version as well.