The first thing i was amazed at was not the cpu power, nor large display, nor keyboard, nor bootimes, but the depth of the linux os software. While penguinbait is providing similar functionality with kde, its amazing to see how much more powerful a big-footprint os. Perhaps with the 810 i will be able to run full distribution by default (all on internal memory). Of course a full distribution does not make easy navigation when changing mp3s while driving I hope future ITs provide 'easy' UI and 'complex' UI modes to allow the different usability-factors.

That said, i nuked the xandros and put on xp to see what the hardware can do. Pretty impressed with the tradeoffs they made (underclocking) to allow fanless operation with light usage... if the fan was on all the time i would not want to use it much... would have been perfect if completely fanless.

I see both form factors getting more powerful so hard to say one will replace the other... but i hope eee's get cooler and make use of higher resolutions, and IT's get more depth/compatibility to os.

As of now though i can leave eee running at home and remote desktop into it on the road If eee was running ubuntu it might be able to compile for the IT