I just recently purchased a brand new Asus Eee PC from NCIX.  It is a sub-notebook which means it is a fully functional notebook but it is smaller and lighter.  All sorts of people these days are buying notebooks and its really becoming a common sight around the University.  Well, coming up soo, everyone carrying around an Asus Eee.  I think it is a really great idea for school, although the display is only 7 inches, it is more than adequate for typing notes and browsing some webpages wirelessly.   I think a lot of notebooks these days are becoming more and more expensive as they are actually more of desktop replacements and thats note really what I’m looking for in class.  Out of the box it comes packaged with Linux and that should provide the functionality for most people but of course you can install Windows if you desire.  If you see me around school make sure to ask to see it since it really is something that should be seen.  You can check out a comparision picture of an Asus Eee beside a Dell XPS M1330. If you would like to read some more, a great website for news and a cool wiki is the EeeUser webpage.