I recently carried out a personal quest for a netbook computer. Relying on a bit of insider snobbery since I write about computer technology almost daily, I was not expecting a big problem in making a selection. It’s not that I really needed another computer. My home office is well-stocked with two desktops running Windows XP and a third former Windows box now running Ubuntu Linux. My HP Pavilion laptop with
Windows XP and its very large wide-screen display serves me well as a desktop replacement and a mobile office with all the bells and whistles.
