The goal - inexpensive and practical notebook to carry around. Works great for this purpose. I tried a comparable size netbook and preferred D420.
Pros: Keyboard - good size, two "mouse controllers" - pad and joystick/button in the keyboard, can add WWAN miniPCI card, good screen, pretty light. Matte finish is very practical - no visible fingerprints and even scratches are alot less noticable. Part to repair it are cheap on eBay - mainly it is the keyboard that needs replaments. Powerfull CPU - there are two cpu option for this computer - Core Solo 1.06GHz and Core Duo 1.2ghz. They both are more powerfull than Atoms. Battery located in front, so laptop is very stable and not falling over. Docking port, because it is a business type notebook. PCMCIA port. Low price for small size and light laptop.
Cons: Battery life 2:30-3 hours on standard battery and like upto 5 hours on extended. Not a problem for us, because almost always we have a possibility to plug it to AC. No webcam - also not a problem for us, because we do not use them. Relatively big power adapter(compared to netbooks). Can get a bit hot on the bottom. 1 RAM slot, max memory is 2GB+512mb onboard. For some reasons it reports only 2GB available. Actually enough for what we are doing.
Overall: I was comparing it to netbooks and preferred D420. In no way I am saying that netbooks are bad, they are great for their area. Just in our particular case we preferred D420. We are actually considering getting several more for office workers when they need to take a laptop with them - they are inexpensive and little worries if they are damaged, lost or stolen. They are cheap. Excellent value for the price.
