 Te-friggin-riffic, absolutely...terrific.
I just gotta rant about this kind of mess-up before I do anything else here.
Earlier on April 4, 2009, while I was reading a website I saved for offline viewing on a hard drive and watching a video to go with it on my Acer Aspire One (because I always keep a pocket version of the Internet in my hard drives with me when i'm not around the real one), the "Page Down" and the "Right" keys felt a bit wobbly and unstable at first, and when I tried to fix it, they just came off! I tried to fix the keys to the rightful position, but sadly, it wasn't meant to be as the "Page Down" key's hinges got torn off! 
The "Right" key's still okay, but after what happened earlier, i'd rather not take the risk of losing another key afterwards! Now i'm being forced to resort to using the little nubs where the aforementioned keys used to be just like using that little red eraser nub in the middle of other laptops.
Now i've found a disadvantage about netbooks that i'm starting to hate about. 
Don't get me wrong. I still love netbooks because they're smaller than most regular laptops and notebooks, and that they're cheaper to buy, but the keyboard has a disadvantage that leaves A HELL OF A LOT to be desired and fixed. First off, these mini-laptops' keyboards are getting smaller and smaller, and are getting more difficult and difficult to type in, but i've gotten used to it. A few years earlier at Wal-Mart on one of my supply runs I saw a corded device that lets you connect your USB cable to your serial PS/2 port, allowing you to use your mouse and/or keyboard as if you were on your desktop PC. I didn't get a chance to buy that USB cord because I was saving my money, and now i'm kicking myself for it. I got 2 unused normal desktop PC keyboards, but no USB-to-PS/2 port to plug them in. They cost about $15 dollars there, but it would've been worth it. I already got a mouse to plug into my USB device, but not a USB keyboard. After all, my netbook's already catching dust and small particles that I have to use my dust remover by CleanSafe (Unscented).
Come to think of it, speaking of keyboards, i've heard of a virtual emulator that simulates the real thing, but uses a base that emits a laser in the shape of the keyboard that you can use on the table completely. For those who don't know what they are, here are some links of the device:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/virtual-laser-keyboards.htm/printable
http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/8193/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/20/gadgets.computers?gusrc=rss&feed=technology
Desktop keyboard keys can be popped out and cleaned (but not in the way I did it in my first article at Associated Content), and as i've experienced, placing in the netbook keyboard keys can not only be a time-waster, but they easily break, it'll be 10x more difficult when using their rubber nubs in their place when the keys can't be placed back, and it's a major eyestrain! I'm already wearing glasses but my two eyes are just straining to find the hinges of the displaced keys so that I can use my nails to pry them up and make sure that they fit the placement of the keyboard. The virtual keyboard doesn't need to be cleaned, and there's no need to pry them from their location because they'll be stationary and read your finger's movements as i've previously heard. So although it's already invented and sold on the internet, why isn't this device in the marketplace already like in Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, K-Mart, Target, Sam's Club, etc.? That's what I want to know!
Give me a break...no pun intended. Seriously. 
The netbook creators should've come up with another design for their keyboard that could've been longer as their desktop PC keyboard relatives and didn't cramp the user's fingers, didn't have to require cleaning, popping out keys or using nubs instead.
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