The thing is I already have a laptop and a desktop. As it is I leave my laptop at my sister's dorm room at UMD (I crash there occasionally since the commute is so long and I sometimes have 9 am classes) and my desktop is at home. In addition, I also have a desktop provided by CUA in my office.

So the only time the netbook would get use would be during the commute.. which seems kinda wasteful in the long run since I'm graduating in two years.

Then since I plan on moving in with my girlfriend by this time next year my commute will be sweet and short. So it would only be around an hour via Metro (if she doesn't drive me.. since our two campuses are only 16 minutes apart; UMD to CUA). And two hours total to get from there to work and back on the days I work.

Which is why I mostly ruled out netbooks. Unless I can find one really really cheap. But then there's the problem of where do I put it. I'm not kidding when I say my backpack is full. >.> It's a laptop backpack (meant to carry my 15 inch laptop) but with three classes worth of textbooks + notebooks + my lunch. Well. >.>

Maybe if I stopped carrying that huge SPSS book >.<.

I live up to my alma mater's mascot. The Terrapin. I look like a turtle with all those books in my back.

But anyway, I'm rambling (and about to go to bed since I'm tired). That's why I'm considering purchasing the n900 earlier then I was planning since it seemed it would be an ok fit (e.g. it can read PDFs fine and if I can at least do the n800's level of writing but with a hardware keyboard rather than the full screened on screen keyboard) Not as ideal as a netbook but then I wouldn't have to carry another device around.

The other thing (if this happens to be a misperception after reading my post) is that I don't need a full office suite working. It'd be nice, but I'm just doing pure writing. I'll do the editting, inserting references, final formating, and all on a real PC.

Maybe I can go see if my best friend will let me borrow his netbook...