After reading all the various reviews, shopping around, etc., I finally decided on the Acer Aspire One netbook.  I have a 17" Dell laptop with all the bells and whistles, but I wanted something little for my many little trips (all 3-5 days).  I want to still be able to access the internet, emails, travel guides, what's going on in the cities I'm visiting and so on.  So the netbook sounded ideal.

I took it out of the box and set up my email accounts, favorite internet sites and such.  Everything was great.  I went on my trip, and after only an hour, I got the Blue Screen of Death.  Could not...