I have a MacBook that I love, but we're Mac geeks around here. Last year, though, DH got an Asus EEE and has had no problems with it. It's running Linux, but you can get a Windows OS if you like that better. The size drives me crazy because it's too tiny to really type on, but DH is a hunt-and-peck typist so the tiny keyboard doesn't bug him. The monitor is small but very clear, and it does just about everything he wants it to do (primarily e-mail and internet).

The Macbook Air is very cool looking, but doesn't give you as much as a regular Macbook. Lightweight is all well and good, but I don't think it's worth the tradeoff. My BIL has one and likes it, but it's not a very powerful computer and he mostly uses it for the coolness factor. When he really wants to work he switches to a Macbook Pro.

Sarah