As for price, perhaps a bit unrealistic, but I feel it is one of his most important points. The Eee 701 was a success partially because compared with the prices of other Laptops, it was an impulse buy. To be a success in the mainstream population, I have stated all over the place even before reading Om’s views that a UMPC HAS to stay below the $300-350 range in my opinion. Any more expensive and it gets harder to justify the compromises.

Why not? If all you want to do is listen to music, read blogs and watch videos etc., then something like a Smartphone or WMD is perfect. Using office products such as spreadsheets and word-processing is primarily why I bought an eeepc to use on the train. My Dell 15.1 inch now stays at home; I carry around a small backpack instead of a large one, and can work effectively out and about. It’s made a huge difference.

When I get home, or to work, I just plug the eeepc into an external monitor with a wireless keyboard and mouse (this is what I’m using right now). Not a gaming machine, sure, but no different to any “work” pc setup this way. But I can unplug it and work anywhere.

The other problem with his points (at the moment) is realism when it comes to the cost. However, as it’s a “wish list” of sorts, that’s fine.