A friend of mine (IT professional) has one, an Asus Eeeeee-whatever, the first Linux version. She loves it, but it's not to replace her work machine, she got it purely for the portability, good for email, some basic work, diaries, appointments, a book she is writing (for the last 10 years). When she needs access to larger files or storage, an external hard drive gets attached to the USB port.

Good for what it was made for.

Al