I used to have an Advent with 10 inch screen. Great machine, but battery life was rubbish. It was also inclined to lose its wireless connection from time to time. So I changed it for a Samsung N130 which I picked up on special offer in Power City for 199 Euro. The battery life is about 5 hours, which is fine for me, but the newer ones have a better battery life. The screen is not as bright as on the Advent, and bluetooth is not integral, but for that money I can't complain. Also the keyboard is comfortable. I bought it because it runs XP, while I use Windows 7 on my main machine. I have a couple of applications (e.g. e-book reader software) that don't work properly with 7, so it is useful to have both operating systems. I would way prefer the netbook to the ipad, which I think is a bit overpriced.