CallmeM gave it 1 star, but it sounds more like he either got a bad one or had no idea how to set it up properly. Me and 3 other people I know own one, as well as the countless people on the Internet who have given this total praise and approval. None of us have had problems with the system.

The size is perfect, just big enough for the keyboard to be fully functional and competent, the touchpad is good, but it's always better to use a mouse, which can be bought for £5. Windows XP runs perfectly on it, even some older games will run, I managed to run Neverwinter Nights quite well, and a friend even had Doom 3 going, granted it at snails pace though.

Perfect system and exactly what most laptops should be, lightweight, ultra portable, perfect for general home computing and most importantly; cheap as chips.

I bought one of these (not from Play.com) as a gift for the wife. Simple basic small and compact. Upon opening and turning on i was instantly presented with a dead pixel (no big deal). The internet was a pain to connect to as i kept getting a pending notification. To resolve this i had to plug in into my router with an rj45 cable, After this it would connect.
As the week went on i kept getting phone calls from the good lady complaing that this and that wasn't working. So for people thinking of purchasing this item this is the list of faults i had within a week of buying and then returning to buy a normal laptop.
Dead Pixel
No internet Connection
Unresponsive Keys
Freezing
Mouse pad not working
Sound not working
Battery life is pathetic
Avoid at all costs.
Although i gave it a bad write up it is a clever piece of kit, they just need to iron out the problems.
I would imagine the xp version works much better?

i have had this product for a couple of months as far as i am concerned it's a great piece of kit
but be warned if you have sky broadband it is not compatible with this linux operating system .
you would have thought sky would be more up to date