Netbooks For Road Warriors On A Budget — netbooks — InformationWeek.  In the headline, the phrase “laptop replacment” is used.  The work laptop that I use on a daily basis is a “desktop replacement,” but I don’t want to have to pay for my own–yet I don’t want to be tied to my desktop’s location either.

If I could just get a laptop that was dirt cheap, yet had decent horsepower and disk space…

From the review, it looks like Asus is the primary option for my interests still.  As for the suggetions on gear, I don’t think I’m going for a rubberized roll-up keyboard.