It is beginning to look like buying a netbook is the best thing I have done in a long time. I paid less than one third of what a good tablet would cost and it has a 160 GB hard drive. The best news is that instead of spending a week scanning and printing out my miscellaneous collections I spent less than a day scanning and a few minutes transferring the scans to the netbook. Not only is the time a factor but the scans are a lot easier to see since you can blow them up to get the detail and you don't have to worry about poor color reproduction from the printer. And the netbook is actually smaller than my printed books so it will be easy to take on the plane.