Hey, the Eee looks cool, and quite handy. x86 architecture means you can run a ton of programs directly. It's cheap, and just the solution needed for a second PC.

Microsoft and Asus' announcement that Microsoft would be supplying a windows-based OS for the Eee shows that Microsoft is paying attention, and is quite worried about the success of the Eee. It also shows that they don't get it. A big draw for these devices is the quantity of free software available. Heck, given the BSA's recent shenanigans, it's becoming a big draw for businesses too. In an environment where software companies interpret "copyright infringement" such that some clown's inaction (such as failing to uninstall software on that obsolete hulk gathering dust in the closet) can result in serious financial penalties, and where those same software companies share those penalties with former employees who were most likely the ones responsible for the "infringement" to begin with, proprietary software, especially the sort with complicated licensing, carries an intrinsic liability.
In other words, the hardware's cheap, but the total cost of ownership is even cheaper, and getting more so. The Eee class of computers (and bigger versions) can be used for all those tasks that don't require the unique things that Mac and Windows platforms still offer, and they can provide better performance with much less hardware. And those cool-Windows and Mac-only programs (games, GIMP is not Photoshop, etc.) generally do better on desktops anyway.

But the Eee is still a laptop. It runs an x86 processor, and that means that when it's on, it's using plenty of power. Its battery life is measured in hours on vs. off, and not hours of use. Its design means that, when someone is using an Eee, the user's focus of attention is the computer.

The ITs are entirely different. VoIP (and video calls) are not tethered to a location. I can, and do, walk about the house while on the phone -- and on a device that now costs only slightly more than a dedicated WiFi phone (and on a device that finally works well as a Skype Phone). When I'm working on something, it's not in front of me; it's by my side. If we need a fact checked, I can do it, and pass the results, rather than force someone to stare down my screen. Sharing video works the same way: go to youtube, or whatever, and hand it to someone. The pocketable bit means that I can pull it out in any number of improbable locations.

The implementation leaves something to be desired. While Nokia has grasped that F/OSS projects work best when the various professional, semi-professional and volunteer efforts have a directed and fully funded framework in which to operate, someone needs to get the maemo that volunteers don't maintain repositories over the holidays, a period that's kinda important in the consumer electronics world.

So, no, I don't administer unix boxes with it.