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	Toshiba Satellite T115-S1100 11.6-Inch LED TruBrite Black/Grey Laptop - 8 Hours 22 Minutes of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)
	1.3GHz Intel Celeron 743 Processor, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB2GB (204-Pin) DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory250GB 5400RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive, 802.11b/g wireless LAN11.6" 16:9 LED-backlit Display (1366x768 resolution), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MWindows 7 Home Premium 32-bit, *8 Hours 22 Minutes of Battery Life   More>>>

The Satellite T115 is affordable, ultrathin laptops built for everyday life on the go. Toshiba’s thinnest and lightest Satellite models feature a power-efficient processor, making them ideal for students or fast-moving pros who demand a travel-friendly laptop with long battery life. Though sleek and light, the T115 delivers the performance you’d expect from a standard laptop-horsepower to handle the day’s tasks or evening’s entertainment, plus a great communications package to keep you effective, online and in touch. They also offer uncommon convenience, thanks to a suite of Toshiba “Smart” features, plus a comfort-driven, eco-focused design that includes a stunning Fusion Finish in Nova Red, White or Black.
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I got mine for fifty dollars less from a NorCal electronics discounter. I wanted to try one of the CULV powered "netbook class" computers to see if it can support Hulu. My Atom powered netbooks do fine on home-brew h.264 coded videos, but stumble on Hulu - I have to run Hulu at 360p inside a browser and be very careful about running other apps at the same time - even antivirus (running memory resident) sometimes needs to be shut off.

On the Atom netbooks, Windows experience for processor calculations per second is typically 2.4. On my new Toshiba, it is 2.9. Not a huge increase, but the computer is noticeably zippier in a hard disk virus scan, downloading and installing programs, etc. I can run youtube dot com/html5 beta test videos full screen in 360p, something I cannot due on the netbooks. So overall this is faster. I cannot run Hulu full screen even in standard rez satisfactorily even on this more powerful netbook.

I may have a weaker battery in my version - I only show an indicated 4.5 hours of battery life from the battery monitor, but I have the power settings adjusted to high performance with full screen brightness.

Oh yeah I should add that the processor and graphics are driving a higher rez screen than on Atom netbooks, but it is STILL zippier - on Atom netbooks I have with similar high rez graphics, the extra pixel driving takes a noticeable toll on their performance.

Overall this netbook gives a very satisfying level of performance and is definitely more powerful than an Atom netbook.

So your choice is to pay about $100 more than a barebones Atom with 1gb/160gb for this CULV (Celeron 743) powered "super" netbook with 11.6" screen in higher rez with a bigger keyboard and 2gb/250gb - or get the Atom because it weighs about a pound less, is smaller, and can have up to 4-6 hours more battery life assuming the more powerful 6 cell battery option.

If this is going to be your primary laptop, I'd go with the Toshiba. Simply a better keyboard, larger hard disk, prettier version of Win7, faster processor.

But if you need an ultralight machine for frequent travel, I still recommend the Atom netbooks. But don't upgrade them with memory, bigger harddrive, or you may as well just pay the small extra for this better spec'd Toshiba.

One caveat - if you can use an iPod Touch for light browsing needs on most trips, you might prefer this more robust CULV netbook instead of the lighter Atom netbooks.

BTW Toshiba but a horrendous number of its own accessory programs installed on my machine, which took be about an hour to uninstall. Machine was faster after.

Keep in mind that neither this Tosh nor the typical netbook is going to provide an ideal Hulu experience, although with the superior graphics in this machine (GMA 4500) it SHOULD be much better once Adobe cleans up its act with Flash 10.1 which is beta 2 right now (and only works in the beta version with Nvida graphics chips despite Adobes claims to the contrary). If Hulu would run on this significantly better than on an Atom, I wouldn't even consider an Atom netbook.

My current favorite Atom netbooks, in order, are the HP Mini 210, the Asus 1001p, and the Acer a0532h which range from $300-350.
I bought this as a Christmas gift for my son-in-law. While it was smaller than I thought it would be, It was perfect for him. He likes the portability. With the long battery life, it makes it even more perfect. I am really not sure what all he uses it for, I just know he is never without it and loves it. I was apprehensive about the Windows 7 but apparently he had no difficulties using it so I am assuming there are no big changes. The computer arrived in a sealed box and had all the accessories one would need. If your looking for a smaller, powerfull laptop, I would recommend it.
At first when I booted up the machine, I had some problems connecting to the internet. I eventually restored the factory settings and the machine is working at its optimum. Great size for portability. Good value for money.

Just a couple of cons

The image of you when using the web cam is a bit dark

The volume is a bit low. I purchased some headphones and this has helped.