I got the Boss a new netbook and I got his "old" one (a toddler) to take to Thailand--I'm w/you --I really like the netbook--my neice had her iphone and it had plenty of issues voerseas, but we have skype and built-in cmaera so she could gab/visit w/her kids and hubby and all that junk I don't do...
TigerDierect has some incredible deals on eee's--I like having what I'm comfortable using.