Add to that (in some way) the fact that you are most definitely getting what you pay for and that no $200/$300 netbook is ever going to "feel" as nice as a proper laptop. My Asus, which is similar to SO's I think, is quick enough to not be annoying doing light task work and within a few weeks I hope to have it setup as my music server running the Slimserver software. I'll report how it does at that but I expect it'll be just fine.