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I had a little trouble getting this netbook to see the external USB hard drive, and then realized after a lot of poking around, if you have the quick boot option in the bios settings turned on, the netbook will only look to boot from the hard drive or SSD (or LAN I think). In order to boot from an external (USB) device, like for installing another OS, you must have quick boot off.

I typically get a good 7-8 hours without plugging it in. Screen resolution is as good as any monitor or other laptop I’ve seen. We are now looking at HP & MacBooks to replace our $400, short-term purchase. I gave this 4 Stars, but I’ll tell you what I don’t like first. It runs my productivity software without a hitch, it doesn’t slow down when I want to switch between multiple open programs, and it’s quiet and has a great battery life. I purchased the netbook mostly based on reputation and because I already own a Toshiba laptop.

It is quite solid, it has a nice keyboard, speed is as expected for a netbook, and the battery-life is terrific (7+ hours). The glitches I’ve run into are around sleep/hibernate and wireless. It looks and feels solid and doesn’t leave finger smudges when you hold it which a lot of my friends complain about the iPad and other netbooks. I bought this for my wife and her travels for the summer.

Granted, I wouldn’t want this to be my only computer, but for my use as a take-along, I can live without wallpaper choices and sophisticated word processing tools. Yes, it is a bit slower than my Dell Inspiron, but its speed is acceptable, and the price, size and weight more than compensate.

Speakers are very poor- at its highest I could barely hear at a yard. I got the phone to work with my Droid. It has a decent amount of USB slots and I like that it has a SD card reader. The biggest complaint (and only serious one) that I have is that it comes with Windows 7 Starter.

Here are some pros and cons of the device. Excellent rubbery, pock-marked (for lack of a better term XD), deep blue finish on the laptop’s cover provides grip and a visually appealing look.

I installed it and it has worked fine. It is a DDR3 not DDR2 module which is what I think Toshiba sent me. With iPad there’s a lot of incompatibility issues and requires hassles to download a lot of software just to visit certain sites. For a third of a price of an iPad, I have a very sleek looking gadget that does a lot than I expected.

Same goes for D2, the DDR2 model. The right shift key is about half the size it is on a normal laptop, which was kind of annoying at first, but I am getting used to it. For Wi-Fi privacy, as well as accessibility to Websites forbidden in the countries that I was visiting (eg Myanmar and Saudi Arabia), I installed a free VPN from Security KISS. I also replaced the 30-day-trial Norton AV with Microsoft SE. I tweaked it a bit but that is further proof that it is a great machine – and it is able to be customized with little effort. My sister quickly noted the nice orange color.

It’s advertised mainly as a communication device for Web browsing, email and Skype but I’ve already put it through some serious software and graphics loads without a hiccup. COFFEE LATTE MACHINE.