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That’s a shame Dave, because I just got mine last Friday, and it’s the best netbook on the market.

After seeing the expected ship date of October 30th, I cancelled my order (twice), but somehow Lenovo Customer Service managed to screw it up (twice), and it got shipped anyway (totally unannounced!). Their incompetence is my gain!

Beautifully made, sturdy, and the keyboard is one of the only touch-typable keyboards I’ve tried on a netbook. For reference, I previously owned the EEE 701 and 900 models, and had a 6-cell Acer Aspire One on order with Amazon. Key pressure is lighter than a standard Lenovo, but still quite firm. Key spacing is very good, no “adjustment period” required.

It’s thin, feels thinner than other netbooks I’ve owned or tried. The screen is bright and vibrant, with excellent viewing angles.

Performance with the 5400 rpm hard drive and Atom CPU is LOADS faster than the EEE’s SSD drive. Plenty of ports, with the advantage of an ExpressCard slot, which its competitors lack.

My only complaint is battery life, which is around two and a half hours in mixed use on max performance. I’ll be dropping the cash for the 6-cell as soon as it hits Lenovo’s website.

As I mentioned, I’ve had a couple ASUS EEEs, I’ve tried nearly every other netbook out there, and this is the only one I’m keeping. Hands down, it’s the best.

She pointed out enough cons, coupled with a two month delivery delay, that I canceled my order.