I was thinking about getting an Asus EEE PC.  It looks like a good way to get a machine thats cheap, light and boots fast.  Anyone had any experience with one?  I understand it will run XP Pro no problem.

I know someone who just got one yesterday, and she's raving about it. Loves it

I have an old Toshiba Libretto that is the size of a VHS tape, but I can't upgrade it anymore (it's 10 years old), but I love the size.  I'm gonna get an EEE when I go back to the States in January.  Newegg has them for 499 with 8GB and 1GB memory.  Gonna put XP on it.

I find it absolutely Georgeus. Don't put XP on it, use Linux first. It's really great! Just try, you'll love it.

Why Linux over XP?

Linux is probably lighter as an O/S.  Does Hamachi and VNC run on it?  I need both for remote access otherwise I'll load XP.

Hamachi on Linux readme file

and apparently Gnome already has a VNC server built in, if you're using a different desktop environment then you need to go to the crazy lengths of installing one.