lastrope

I could use a small portable computer but have difficulty accepting that a machine with only 1G of RAM can handle Windows 7 (in any form) and MS Office 2007. My main computer does so--but has over 6x the muscle. Are netbooks really as good as they are cracked up to be?

I think I am about to pull the trigger on this model--listed on the Best Buy website for $879. It seems to have good features but I have not found a review anywhere. I would like some folk to give me some reasons to either buy it or pass onto some other laptop.

Here is the site: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9553...

In the past few months, everything in my life has fallen apart. I lost my job and have had no luck finding another. I had to move from my home. My family won't take me in or offer anything beyond moral support. My girlfriend left me and took our 19-month old son. She lets me see him, but I can't afford to go through the courts for a more solid long-term arrangement...and my son is getting more and more upset each time she leaves him with me. I'm staying in a place to be near them...but I hate it and have no friends or family here. I am considering suicide just to make it all stop but can't quite bring myself to do it. I realize that there are too many problems here for an easy answer...but I don't have anywhere left to turn. I need this to end, but am at a loss. Any ideas?