But I was at MicroCenter today and saw an Asus Eee PC

It is a mini laptop with a 4g solid state hard drive, 8″ screen (800×400) and running Linux!
It was very easy to use and fast.  It is running a custom version of Linux, KDE applications.  They say it is compatible with Winblows XP, but I don’t really care about that.  The size was great!   The keyboard was small but usable.  Pretty impressive for $350.  If we ever get another laptop, this one may be it.  Small, great battery life and no moving parts, and it comes pre-loaded with Linux!