I am beginning to set up my new Acer 10.1" netbook as my main weather pc. It should be on-line in the next couple of weeks barring any major interruptions. Will post the results once I am fully operational. This particular netbook has 1GB of Memory and a 120GB hard drive.
I'll be installing Virtual VP, VPLive, Image Salse, Movie Salsa, VWS, WeatherLink, WeatherDisplay and some other miscellaneous programs on it. My Davis VP2 (serial port) will be hooked up via a USB-Serial adapter and hopefully it will be stable without hang-ups.
The new Acer 10.1" Netbook is a pretty nice little unit. Easy access to the memory and hard disk unlike the older 8.9" model. I'm tempted to get another one for casual use around the house. The battery life on this thing is well in excess of 6-hours. The only thing that has taken some time to get used to is the smaller keyboard and the tempermental mouse-pad (it does strange things every once in a while and I don't understand why - probably just me or some obscure setup setting I haven't found yet).
Once I get this thing up and running, I'll change my vote from Desktop to Netbook...