HP mini PC $500

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out a new small, lightweight laptop computer aimed at the education market.

The 2133 Mini-Note, offered at a base price of $500, will have a nine-inch screen, weigh about 2 1/2 pounds and have an aluminum case. Because of its small size, the computer will have a smaller keyboard, but it will still be about 92 percent of the size of a typical one.

By Troy Wolverton
Mercury News

This sounds like the PC I have been waiting for, small, lightweight and cheap - also, Windows is an option which suits me fine. I would prefer Apple make one like this (remember the Duo series?) - but some time soon I will just buy the best of this type from whoever makes it. Google's 'cloud' and OpenOffice.org are quickly removing any major differences between the big two.