There is now this popularity on NetBooks or subnotebooks, or for some mobile internet devices,  the most popular of which are the Asus Eeepc, and lately, Intel has been trying to make waves with their Intel Classmate PC.  I tried to compare both through some hands on.  I have spent a few weeks wth the Asus Eeepc, and spent the Lenten Holidays going over the Classmate PC. In fact, I typed most of these report in the INtel Classmate PC. The Asus EeePC comes with 512 mb memory, and 4 gig flash disk.  It runs Xandro Linux.  The Intel Classmate PC comes with 512 mb memory, and a 30 gigabyte hard disk  with Windows XP Starter Edition ( This is a special low cost Win XP sold in developing countries. It will run only on low end processors, and cannot open more than 3 windows at a time).   Both has a 7 inch monitor screen and both runs Intel Celeron 900 mhz processors.