Considering how must people around here give their "recommendations" TS's requirements would most probably be ignored. Most other sites, from my observation, when asked on what is the best, etc, they state why it's so good and the stories that comes with it that makes them think it's so good.

Whereas here, most people would just scream out the Brands, kinda hit and run. Not before long, someone would scream Fujitsu because his friend's uncle's, grandfather's grandniece ........said fujitsu is the best so he/she'd scream that Fujitsu is the best.

My point? Threads like this are all but pointless. Try run a poll on best notebook brand and you'd get Acer being the worst and Toshiba/Fujitsu being screamed as the best, more often than not.

hmm. foreign websites then? I mean, I wasn't specifically mentioning that other websites give better recommendations on netbooks, it was in general. Like if you go to engadget and look for the best router, you get proper feedbacks rather than people screaming the Brands out and then nothing.

Sorry to 'pour cold water' on you but from my observation, that's how most thread like these works. I too has no idea on where to get better info on netbooks. Perhaps notebookreview.com?