I just recently purchased a Sony Vaio netbook (VPCM111AX). Initially, I was hesitant to buy a netbook since I wasn't sure if its computational power would be sufficient for me. It turns out it is not really true that you cannot do more than a few things at a time. I so far haven't experienced any slowness due to opening many applications. To be clear, I am not an average Joe laptop user, thus the apps that I use go way beyond internet browsers.
I think if one doesn't do hard-core gaming or hard-core numerical simulations, netbook is a perfect match for your daily computing needs. Also I find the screen size is really perfect for me. After using this netbook, I consider any laptop bigger than 12" screen as an unmobile piece of product.
Netbook thing is really practical, I don't really think twice if my backpack will be heavy etc. It is substantially lighter than my previous 15" laptop which gave me serious shoulder problems when I go to conferences etc.
Speaking of Ubuntu, I have the 10.10 Maverick Meerkat version installed on my netbook. Everything works out of the box: keyboard, function keys, power management, wireless, mic (int & ext), bluetooth, graphics (vga and associated function key works out of the box), and suspend mode. Though I haven't tested the memory card reader yet. Additionally, battery lasts 4.5 hours with wireless is on half the time.
One reason why I post this is that this netbook is not listed in the ubuntu compatible netbook list. So I took some chances however I knew before the purchasing the netbook that linux works nicely on Sony laptops. I hope some others who want to purchase this netbook and use withubuntu will find this post useful
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