sun818 - 7:17 pm on Jul 22, 2008 (gmt 0)

Flash SSD is expensive now, but once pricing is mass-market, you can update the OS like you do with firmware.

> laptops with 750MB RAM or less are
> now obsolete for internet browsing

Some modified versions of XP (via nLite) can run Windows XP with as little as 48MB of RAM without affecting every day functionality. That leaves you over 640MB of RAM for applications. Try MicroXP and see for yourself.