If it will be true that the weight is only 3,3 lb (for an 14-incher, the ohters are 3,75 at best) than it probably will be a shaky thing. The X320 unfortunately showed the way with its superflexible lid and mushy keyboard.

the category netbooks is no question of definition power. Who cares what the name of a notebook/laptop/netbook/ultra is when it fits into your bill and your baggage? I think too that for most real road warriors and even couch potatoes 12'' is more ore less the upper limit in size and 1,5 KG in weight. And every price distance to $600 would help very much. Nice machines for more than $1000 are available for long but never were mass sales.

"why not check out the new Macbook Pro $2500 17" netbooks?"
Because this thing will be priced at a fraction, propably between the 751 and the Timeline 3810T. Even the 3810T and 4810T are not even half the price of that indeed very nice Macbook Pro.

Of course Acer could have packed the innards into a netbook case. But putting 1366 x 768 pixels into a 10''-display is not ergonomic anymore, at least for me. And, by the way, those new light 11-Inchers do not come with that much more weight and size compared to a "normal" netbook anyway.

And getting rid og that pesty 1Gig barrier is another bonus (even if we obviously have to pay for that, but better then fumbling to upgrade a netbook crippled by Microsoft).

I don't mind with integrated graphics as long the chip is decent for normal video purposes. The big advantage compared to a dedicated graphics card is the minimal power consumption. I would not like to see a 2 hour livetime only to be able to play advanced games on machines like this, cooling would be another problem, noise therefore too. Then even the CPU woud be another bottle neck. For normal duties and half a dozen open tasks it should be running at least 4 to 6 hours. And this without adding too much weight in form an oversize battery. So this still looks as the nwe speet spot for the category light, not too expensive and still capable for not only basic tasks. Especially as on ly this form factor allows for a really decant keyboard and a display with 786 to 800 pixel height. Who needs more?

As Microsoft will not give away a cheap crippled XP for this thing, it will be much pricier than neccessary if sold as a mere "barebone" without OS. But then its sales would probably be rather weak. If the 1810T would come out with the promised 3G/UMTS modem built in soon, this thing would be indeed the first real netbook for me. But probably that version will come much much later and much much more expensive. And a matte display probably will not come at all, given the current glossy rage.

And another stupid question: Any hope for a *non*glossy display

Any hope for an UMTS version soon? Then it would be really "ultraportable" for me.

I am waiting for bigger screens for quite some time now: My main purpose for a netbook on the road (or even in the house) is its ability to show web pages as good as possible. And here the mini height of 576 pixel or even the 600 standard is simply not big enough. Keyboard size and feel are much less important for web surfing than Pixel height. It is therefore a pity, that "wide" screen displays are used more and more. They suck more than traditional formats in this respect. Especially as netbooks are ridiculous anyway for movies as small as they are.