For years, the Panda Bear wanted inexpensive and portable word processing. The Panda Bear does not like writing things by hand. (The Panda Bear’s bad hand writing was another source of sadness to her as a child. Everyone complained about it. Now she just does everything by typing/computer and is very good at it).
Since she started a blog(actually, she was thinking of buying one anyway), the Panda Bear bought a netbook and she loves it. She feels so important using it in libraries and coffee shops. It is very easy to take with her and it is inexpensive enough that it would not be a tragedy if it was lost of stolen.