considering he has posted the same pics over and over the past few months it seems he has a hard on for it as well
IMO if you are mainly looking for portability dont get over a 14" screen, if you want a small desktop replacement and semi portable try a 15" screen and if you wont use it out of your house/dorm go 17"
I think I'll just spring for the ASUS. They're supposed to have the 9 cell battery out next year, so that'll be nice then. Until then I'll just carry the charger.
For a total of $820 (20 for the extra gig of ram) it seems like a good lappy.