[netbooking]

You need to make a purchase for your most demanding use and that is a screen for Final Draft and Word with decent keyboard. Any of the 10in 1024X600 screen netbooks will do. With power brick and case, the weight will be around 3-4 pounds, with travel camera about 5 pounds. A weight buster considering you are lucky to work an hour a day on it.

The Asus 1000HE setup with a 64GB SSD drive is large enough for that kind of writing and can be found cheaper right now but it will still bust your budget with the SSD drive. I've got one and it is tough. I can work on it easily at bus stops, on trains and in coffee shops but I'm lucky to get in as much as 15 minutes of work at a time that way, an hour a day total. With SD card cameras, it helps view photos for discard editing.

That means finding an internet cafe and renting their computer or stopping at hotels with open lobby computers or at libraries. You would carry your data on a USB drive.

I would still carry an iPod Touch for the internet use making reservations, checking locations and doing email. That's my minimum kit. A Touch, noise canceling headphones for air travel listening to music/games, a digital camera and renting a computer. It is way easier to carry and allows me to live out of a briefcase for weeks at a time.

I'm a one bag traveler, minimalist, when not working a job that demands a larger computer. The smaller size bag is easy to leave in a locker while exploring but most of the time I carry it. I wear city casual slacks and sport coat with walking shoes rather than backpack and boots or, worse, sports shoes. That's a whole other topic so talk it over if you like.