I've been a big fan of the whole netbook movement since I first read about the Eee pc. Having owned both an original Eee 701 and now an MSI Wind I find myself straying back to my macbook more and more often. I can't really put my finger on what's bothering me with the netbooks, but I think it's the lack of screen real estate that makes computing more cramped than it needs to be. Also the design and build quality is what can be expected for a sub 500 dollar device. This didn't bother me too much to begin with, but after the novelty wears off it gets quite annoying that the touchpad on your device is tiny, that there's a million blinking leds and that things get rather creaky.

After having used devices ranging from 7" to 15" I can honestly say that my sweet spot is somewhere in the 12" region. I'm still dreaming of a 12" macbook pro, but in its absense will probably settle for the new aluminum macbook.