Oh yeah, the bottom mounted fans are so annoying. My pc before this (the one that broke down in a month) burned my legs. No joke. And when I told them this, Dell got all "you shouldn't put it on your lap". Uh, sorry, never had that issue before. And the reality was that the computer was usually on my desk and would get just as hot.

I wanted to also say that my mother has had an acer laptop for about a year and my sister for about a year and a half. It works GREAT for them both. They've had zero issues. I think we only paid about $600.00 for my mother's full-spec laptop. We bought it through Sam's Club because we had a membership. I have friends that have Asus and they work well, too. I am in love with netbooks, but sometimes you need a full-fledged machine.