yeah speaking of saving, I'm going to have to put the laptop purchase on hold for a bit. I just picked up the Samsung LN52A750 for my living room. so thats going to set me back for a little while, sorry to disapoint ya'll, but I saw this tv and had to have it. With a 28" articulating wall mount it will really tie the room together hahahah.

I havent looked into the msi wind, I will though. Just got really busy at work and dont have time now .... blah

Ok that settles it, ordering it monday haha. I may even pick up another copy of xp (shutters at the thought of spending more money on an os).

thats pretty slick that they put an HD right in the head unit, wish they would have done that here. Thanks again for everything, I'm reading through all these reviews now on the mini note, and its looks like everyone digs it.

Mine is a dark grey, I'm not sure what mazda calls it, with black cloth interior. I have eibach pro kit lowering springs on it (came like that from the guy I got it from), and I'm planning on a boost gauge/turbo timer, and some factory audio mods ... audiolink makes a pretty sweet adapter to play digital music through the factory bose.

Wow only 800? you one of the lucky ones then. I'll check out those links when I'm not at work ...

I am liking the mininote from the specs, I'll most likely pick one up next week and report back.

Thanks again everyone.

I just checked into the HP mininote, I think your right, that will be better for what i need then the Asus. Thanks for the reccomendation sir. The only downfall I see is that its running vista, which I would rather not. I have it installed on my desktop, and I've had some problems with it. Plus with that speed processor I'd much rather have xp running, the less overhead the better. And i've over used my product codes for xp

On a side note, do you happen to post on any mazda forums? there are a few based here in the states, but they are very limited (mazda only imported 10k ms6's in two yrs here). I'd love to see what the europe is doing to thier mazdas!

I see, the Mazda 6 MPS is the same as the MazdaSpeed 6 in the states. I just picked one up last week ... I'm in love.

Yeah, I had considered that, but i really wouldnt use it for development. I was seeing it being used more for quick adjustments/fixes on the go. I'm still up in the air on this, I still may purchase one, but on the other hand it would make a lot of sense to purchase a laptop that could deal with all webdevelopment stuff easily.

Paul, is that a mazdaspeed6 in your avy?

thanks for the reply, perhaps I am asking a little much of the 900 with flash and DW. Then again, it wouldnt hurt to pick one up and give it a try ... even if its a no go, I can report back on it.

hello everyone, first post from a newb here. I've been interested in picking up an Eee PC 900 for the last few days mostly because of its size, and wt. the problem I'm having is I'm not sure if it will handle the programs and such I need to work with. Below is a list of the few programs i use on a regular basis, if you have an input on this I'd really appreciate the help.

Flash 8 (my main concern)
Dream weaver v.?
MS office 03
textpad (should be no problem)

I will mainly use it for communication on the road, but I may need to do some flash development on the road, and I know I will need to do some php coding, and updates to a few wordpress sites. What do you guys think?