I'm thinking of replacing my Acer Aspire aoa150 which is only 8.9" screen and 1gb of ram and 5400rpm drive and 3 cell battery (barely 90 minutes use) with the Compaq which has the same cpu but upto 3gb ddr3 ram a 7200rpm drive and ion graphics with full hd capability and an 11.6" screen plus 6 cell battery for 5-6 hours use.

I can get the Compaq for £239 which seems a bargain. Just wanted to know if anyone has any 1st hand experience of said netbook and what their thoughts are?

I already have a quad core server with 8gb ram for anything heavy duty (like video conversion/ripping) and so this netbook is really to replace my tiny netbook and my huge 17" Dell Inspiron. The 11.6" screen on the Compaq seems a good compromise and good battery life compared to what I have now.

Gave in and got one of these today. Glad I did as i'm very impressed with it so far, well worth the money if anyone is looking for a small laptop with decent video performance.