So the only going for the PE would be its graphic chip. I have enjoyed owning a 1005HA with the N280 and the 945 Intel Express video chip for the last 6 months now.

I can play an mp4 file full screen without noticing any loss of fluidity.
And I have full 6h20 minutes battery when not using wifi nor bluetooth and set brightness of the screen low.

What's the big deal about this "new" netbook???

The reason Pinetrail seems no faster than the Diamondville Atom is that it's not.

There is an on-die FSB between the same processor core and the on-die memory controller... effectively making it the same thing.

The changes were made for manufacturing efficiency and cost savings, not for performance, and not comparable to the major changes made for Nehalem.

Is the 1005PEG with built in 3G ever likely to appear in the UK?

Bit of a difference between Asus quoting 14 hrs battery life on their website and you getting 4hrs. It's time this manufacturer hype was stopped, along with the stupid HDD habit of quoting GiB not GB.

Would have hoped for a bit more effort, I have an origional MSI Wind whcih is still going strong on Ubuntu.SOmeone earlier mentioned Intel Platforms are always best which in the netbook market they are, It will be interesting to see if AMD can make any inroads into this market as they do seem to be very absent from it at the moment,

Products based on Intel platform are always the best in the market.