Originally Posted by SkippyX

I think it'd be a stretch to call me an "IT guy". I work at a refurbishing shop. I set up my own little subnet (IPCop rocks) and I'm running some Debian-based file servers to house images, handy apps, and temporarily house customer data when I'm repairing their systems (read: reinstalling Windows after a self-inflicted wound).

I am no MS fan. +1 on the "8 hour download" thing. Of course, if you have MS on your own system and a NAS available (or even an external HDD) you can use Acronis to image the drive and speed things up dramatically when Windows dies. Which it will. For Sure. Eventually.

What really amazes me is that people don't seem to realize that MS is a zombie company. It's still going - and will be for some time to come - but it's on borrowed time as we speak.

Have you been reading about the Nexus 7? I might have to revise my earlier post and suggest that the Nexus 7 might be the way to go (w/ a fold up bluetooth keyboard).