My wife had a netbook once. Not an Eee but an AA1. It came with 512MB RAM and an 8GB SSD, probably the slowest there ever was. I upgraded the RAM to 1.5GB (the maximum it would take), replaced the SSD with a 100GB 2" HDD (there are such things if you look hard enough) and replaced the OS with EasyPeasy. I may have needed to file off some plastic tabs inside the box to make the HDD fit but nothing serious. It worked pretty well and EasyPeasy gave it a couple more years of life but is now gathering dust behind the sofa where she used to use it while watching TV. I may have a look what can be done with it. I do not expect the battery life to be exciting. It has never been too grand and it is now a few years old without charge...