exray wrote:

I heard a guy on a radio program just last week describing a small
notebook - about half to 3/4 the size of a normal one. Uses flash
drives instead of a hard drive. Said power consumption wasn't much more
than a well equipped cellphone. Sounds incredible, don't know if such a
thing is actually on the market yet. Just FYI.

The thing you want is the Asus EEE PC:

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/products.html?n=0

Don't bother with the Windows version - it makes it almost as expensive as a
full-size laptop, and suffers from all the multitude of Windows problems.
The original version runs Xandros Linux, and there's a /huge/ range of
software available at no cost, including lots of electronic design and ham
radio programs.

I use one for a mobile packet station, for logging and for morse or teletype
modes.

Bob