If after reading our purchase list for using Mac in a corporate environment – you realize its too expensive; then we have the perfect Windows Laptop for you - Asus EeePC 1000- HE

Here is what it has going for it:

• claims 9.5 hours of battery life (real life numbers, IMHO, end up being half of claims)
• weighs only 3.2 lbs (just a tiny bit more than 3.0 lbs macbook air)
• a 10 inch widescreen which is great for airplanes and makes this thing fit in a women’s purse
• Screen is LED backlit which makes it easier on the eyes.
• price with RAM upgrade and a nice light-weight bag is $437 shipped !!
• a huge 160GB harddisk
  
• It has a faster processor and bus – compared to most other netbooks out there
• fastest 802.11n wireless networking built-in

Of course, you want to move to upgrade to Windows XP Professional (instead of Home that comes) or Windows 7 beta. (no, you do not want Windows Vista to “spoil” this machine) and you will need an extra 1 GB of RAM