I've been using my netbook a lot and I've really enjoyed the brevity of this device.  If I were to take a road trip today, I believe that I would probably take my netbook instead of my macbook.  However, the pointing device has been aggravating me a lot.

I have been using my little netbook to do all kinds of research as well as general web surfing that includes Facebook.  However, while typing comments into a Facebook section, the mouse/pointer "steals" the point of my comment by moving the insertion point of my typing to another place on the page.  This can get quite annoying and I have learned to ensure I place my mouse/pointer off of the section in which I am typing to prevent the need to erase a lot of typing.  This doesn't stop the pointer from moving but it does prevent my typing in unintended areas.

Other than that, I find the Cr-48 Chromebook quite a nice tool for almost anything.  I have even created a spreadsheet, using Google docs, to track my maintenance records for my motor vehicles.

I see that Google has begun development of a Chrome phone.  It may have been the plan all along to using the netbook craze to prioritize the OS development for a smart phone.  Just maybe...