First off, I am completely in agreement with Johnkzin's previous post. In particular any straightforward method to output to a larger screen would bring my N800 close to perfection.

Having said that, I purchased the N800 instead of a laptop and am very pleased. I did add three additional items: two 4GB sd cards (I swap one with my camera), a bluetooth headset (for skype), and an apple bluetooth keyboard. This small collection of devices handles so many tasks for me both on the road and at home. I find them to offer greater flexibility and far better portability than a laptop. The Itouch as a consideration, largely because of the excellent interface, but the N800 beat that on greater functionality.