not sure, i kinda think they serve different needs in a way...

err, scratch that. could be my lack of sleep (cant maintain a acceptable sleep pattern for some reason), but im having trouble figuring out the question...

hmm, i guess they both could serve the job. the question is how much use one have for a physically larger screen...

I agree. Im looking to get an EEE PC as my first laptop. My n800 will supplement my EEE and my aging Dell Dimension 4100 will supplement my n800

With an igo Bluetooth keyboard, it goes a long way to replacing the laptop. Mind, the laptop never replaced the desktop for me. My last laptop was a 486/25 with 16 MB RAM and 170 MB disk, running Linux. My n800 has, what 128 MB RAM, and 18 GB disk. It's much faster, and can show photos and movies. But there is still software i've not loaded on the n800 i want to make it do some things my 486 could do. For example, i've not gotten an Apache web server installed.

The screen (4" - 100 mm) is pretty small, even if it has LOTS of dots.

The nokia can go in a shirt pocket. The keyboard (optional) can go in a pant pocket. That beats an eepc. Or my old subnotebook (3.5 lbs).

I use mine on trips instead of a laptop. The screen is a bit small although I love the highres. The only other problem for using as a primary laptop is microb is a little slow on some pages.
I got an 8gb card for my n810 and have the adapter so I can connect my digital camera, mail photos, transfer to tablet etc. Add the ntfs modules and you can read and write to ntfs external drives too. Way too cool
Isaac.S

If it were possible to dock my N810 into a big screen and keyboard at the office, and to write quotes with a wordprocessor it would probably be able to replace my laptop. If a Nokia N95 or N82 can hook up to a tv why not the N810? Is there no way to do this? But I love my N810, just seldom use it at the office due to abovementioned reasons.

Search this forum for the onBoard project.

Psst! You meant noBounds.

and it seems that smartphones in general is heading that way, look up redfly

My Eee has replaced both my desktop and my big laptop. If I feel the need for a bigger screen, I can plug in my monitor, which I still have, and mostly just sits there, because I don't like being tied to one place. I have an N800, but it mostly sits too, because there are no PIMs or password manager worth the effort that will run on it, and text input is painful. The N810 is too small for a decent, usable keyboard, and anything bigger than an Eee is too big. I think the subnotebook segment is going to grow explosively. The desktops and big laptop niches will stay, because there are still people who want them, and the internet tablets and PDAs will remain, because some people still want them, but they will all become niche markets, and the subnotebooks, just big enough for a usable touch-type keyboard, will be the major market. Thin clients may be the future, but they will probably require a usable keyboard of some sort. The N810 is simply too expensive for what it does, because an Eee is cheaper, and does much more, although larger. Desktops certainly have their place, but it's going to be a small place. I may be wrong about what others will do, but I know where I'm going to spend my money in the future.

Bleh, the subnotebook market is the worst of everything for me. Performance is non-existent compared to a real laptop or desktop and portability is non-existent compared to an IT or MID.

Besides, PIMs and password managers aren't very meaningful arguments when you're considering hardware form-factors.