Went ahead, took the plunge, and got a black Asus EeePC 701 yesterday as an early Christmas present from Una (THANKS!!!).
I bought it online at PC Club and picked it up at the nearest store. My experience went something like this...
<!-- SUMMARY_END -->
PC Club guy: Welcome to PC Club me (GJ): Thanks! I'm here to pick up my EeePC PCCg: Sorry sir, we just sold the last one. GJ: That was to me - bought it online today. PCCg: Ah yes, here we are... You do know that it runs Linux... right? GJ: Yes of course, that's why I wanted to buy it. PCCg: ...and we can install Windows on it so you can get some work done... GJ: Heck no! I'm not putting Windows on this beautiful machine! PCCg: [smouldering, brooding silence]
Anyway, when I brought it home and took it out of the box, the first thing she said was, "It's MINE!". :) Guess we can always get another one.. hm... Not everybody needs to have Windows. :)