I recently bought a netbook against the protests of my brother who told me to just get a tablet, or an ipad. but i prefer typing on a physical keyboard, and it would just serve as a companion to my mac. not to mention the ipad has no usb ports, and i would have to shell out more for it.
i do basic computing and use dropbox to sync my files. i bought an asus eee pc; it's very cheap, no-frills, light, and has a great battery life.
plus it's so cute, lol.