Plenty fast enough for normal use. Rotating screen is nice, to convert into tablet / ebook. Keyboard is fine for typing on. Low battery life - about 2 1/2 hours, or less on its 4 cell battery if you have the screen at full brightness. Can play youtube videos and iPlayer videos fine - has hardware mp4 acceleration.

As usual for netbooks, no DVD or CD drive - you need to get a USB one of those if needed.

For ebooks I use it with the free Nook e-book reader - which can read the epub books, very widely available - and has a nice display - fills screen, clear text, and easy to use with touch on its own if you turn the screen around and have the keyboard hidden.

I am using it with 1 GB RAM and it is fine for normal use, including many programs running and lots of tabs open in the web browser - which surprises me. Has a single processor with two logical cores, so no single program can monopolise it and bring it to a standstill. I got 2 GB of RAM from crucial. E-mailed vye to find out about what type of RAM to get and they replied same day, "Factory install is 1GB DDR2 800MHz CL=6 ... 2GB is max. .. Remember anti static precautions!".

So anyway the memory has arrived but not yet got round to putting it in, no hurry as it is working fine without. Perhaps the extra 2 GB will be needed when I upgrade to Windows Home Premium to enable multi-touch (different way of handling things in Home Premium and better - e.g. the "Desktop Windows Manager" for Aero effects).

It's 3D graphics is mainly software emulated so it is NO GOOD FOR 3D GRAPHICS AND GAMES - unless the software author has made a very stripped down version of the graphics.

I tested it with Google Sketchup and Minecraft. Google sketchup is fine - was very slow when I first installed it but then was fine after that. Not sure what changed, possibly automatic update of some sort. Minecraft is a bit on the slow side still.

For other types of tasks not involving 3D graphics, it is far faster than my old laptop, though not quite as fast as the most modern laptops of the last year or two.

It has an external VGA port. I expected to be able to plug in a screen and use it to extend the desktop. But instead it can only mirror the desktop - it can't handle two monitors at once.

However, you can set it to use an external monitor as its only monitor. I have a 1440 by 900 resolution external monitor and it ran it fine - it's own screen goes blank when the external monitor is plugged in if you do it like that. You could probably extend it to run on two monitors if you use a USB graphics card but I haven't tested that.

This is a limitation of Windows 7 starter so I expect this to be fixed when I upgrade to Windows Home Premium.

It's own resolution is 1024 by 600. Not quite HD but not that far off and the right proportions - plays iPlayer videos just fine.

Very light and portable compared with a laptop, and small.

Touch screen works fine - so far only used it single touch so can't comment on multi-touch - responds immediately to touch, fine for touching and moving things on the screen.

Doesn't come with a stylus (apparently iPad doesn't either) so on recommendation of the seller, I ordered a Trust stylus - when it came - basically a pen with a rubber tip to it broad and round like a finger. Main advantage of stylus is it lets you use the screen without putting fingerprints on it, and a bit more precisely, but not like a pen stylus.

The Windows 7 "right click" touch gesture takes a bit of getting used to at first. You press on the screen and wait for a circle to form around the touch point - when that happens just before the circle disappears you release to right click. I kept doing it at the wrong time because I didn't understand what you were supposed to do, but fine once you realise how it works.

Not so good for continuous lines - I expected it to be like a graphics pad but you are better getting a dedicated graphics pad for that - if you try handwriting for instance, then you get gaps in the lines because you draw too quickly for it to catch up. So don't expect to use it as a substitute for a graphics pad.

Comes with Windows 7 starter. You need to upgrade to Windows Home Premium for multi-touch. I haven't done that yet, so can't comment on its multi-touch capabilities yet. I'm a software developer and want to run it first with Windows 7 starter for a while to make sure my programs work well on a touch screen with Windows 7 starter before I upgrade.

Sound is reasonable at full volume, not like very loud but loud enough to hear easily and clearly. I think a bit louder than the old laptop.

Wifi works fine.

Haven't tested bluetooth yet, not needed it. Tried the integrated microphone on a skype call and it picks up the noise from the fan so switched to an external... Read more

I bought this netbook for my travels. We have a motorhome and I wanted something small to take with me when we go away. My laptop is just too big and cumbersome for what I wanted. Initially I thought about getting a tablet pc but couldn't decide whether the more reasonably priced ones are any good. There are so many different views on them, that I decided this was a good alternative.
The touch screen takes some getting used to but it is a good feature, and there is an on screen keyboard too. It runs windows 7 starter which is limited but ok for me as I won't run many programmes on it - I just want to be able to put my photos on and maybe some music for my hols. Mobile internet is great with a 3 dongle, good reception almost everywhere I've been so far.
All in all i'm very pleased with this netbook. It's small but loaded with features and very sturdy.
The seller was very helpful when I had problems with the courier. My own fault really, I hadn't changed my phone number on amazon and they were trying to phone me on the wrong number. They must have realised however, as we are only a small Island (Isle of Wight) and they would have known the number didn't match the address. Anyway, as I said, my own fault. Falcon Computers did promise me a free extended warranty which I haven't been able to claim yet, I simply haven't had time to contact them. Nice gesture though.
As I said, this is a nice little netbook with some great added extras. The seller is extremely helpful, so I would recommend both.

Brilliant bit of kit, my grandaughters love it and it keeps them entertainde for hours the wi fi works briliantly as dose the swivel screen which I find handy when playing solitair