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The MSI Wind is one of those netbooks that has been around for a long time but newer versions of it have come out.
It is a nicely designed netbook and quite popular.

Other popular choices are the Samsung NC10.

I have the Samsung N310 that has a rounded pebble style and apple style keyboard.

They are great. Mine has a 10" screen and currently runs Windows XP but with Windows7 being less resource hungry than Vista it will easily run that too.

Netbooks do have hard drives and you can either install stuff from an external usb CD drive or just use a usb stick and copy stuff accross that way.
Some netbooks now also have HDMI ports to hook up to a TV.
All of them will have wireless cards built in so they are great for taking with you as they dont take as much space as a big laptop.

I use mine on holiday for finding free wifi spots in mcdonalds for example.
It's also good for watching movies on the train and although it runs slower than a desktop or laptop, you don't really see the difference when doing things such as web surfing, writing a letter, listening to i-tunes, etc.

Don't buy one of these for gaming or photoshop work. For two reasons, 1) the small screen, and 2) processing power.

But for everything else, they are great.