I've got a HP 2133 (they're well cheap now), and the best thing anyone can do for this device is remove whatever OS it came with (Vista or SUSE Linux) - the former because it makes the device crawl, the latter because it is out of date. I put on Ubuntu 8.10 with the Dust theme, and it looks good now, and the system can be updated without breaking the wireless unlike with SLED.

Performance is perfectly adequate for netbook tasks when using a browser with fast Javascript. On Windows that means Chrome, Firefox or Safari, on Linux, Firefox. Flash 10 on Linux helps as well, YouTube and iPlayer are bearable. I have yet to try the native VIA graphics drivers which may make things a lot smoother, especially when full screen. Multitasking is fine for netbook tasks (IM, surfing, etc).

I personally think the 1280x768 screen is a little grainy on bright colours, but text looks amazingly smooth due to the 168dpi screen.

DigiTimes reports Intel mulls extended life-cycle for socket 777-based processors

When did the socket 777 come out? j/k I know its a typo

I love that the $4500 "Black Pearl" still gets down to 25-30 FPS in Crysis with all the eye candy turned on. And yes I know that's playable, but it's still funny.

Does the Core 216 260 match the 4870 1GB with 8x FSAA across the board?
I dont think so.