Thanks so much for your reply, netbooking.
It would be great if I could do minimal photo editing on the netbook, but I can live without that if it means the unit will be much lighter and/or cheaper. I definitely don't need Photoshop. I will be budget travelling -- i.e. lots of walking! -- and living out of my backpack (max around 15kg/33 pounds) for a year, so every few hundred grams will count. I really wouldn't want the netbook to go much above 1.3kg (2.8 pounds). The lighter the better.
I'm not quite sure how much writing/editing work I'll be doing at this stage -- it could vary. But I'm travelling for the travel, not for the work, so I certainly won't be on the unit for hours and hours a day. I'll need to be able to put MS Word on it (I need to be able to use track changes for editing work), and also Final Draft, or any similar screenwriting program. Most likely is that I'll mainly use the netbook to write the occasional travel article, check my email and store photos. I really don't need any fancy features (chances are I wouldn't know how to use them, anyway!)
I hope I've clarified things.
Thanks again.
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