[Tepix]

I bought a Toshiba Libretto L1 back in 2001 via the Internet (using translation services) and had it shipped to Germany. It was a fantastic form factor: A super wide 10" 1280x600 display (143dpi) which was so wide that it left enough room for a decent keyboard. The CPU was a Transmeta Crusoe 600Mhz which was, unfortunately, the bottleneck of the system.

One other highlight I remember about this machine: Despite not having any international warranty that I was aware of, when the machine developed a problem, I called Toshiba Europe and they picked it up and send it back repaired a week later for free.

I was in Japan this summer and also had a look at the notebooks on sale there but nothing really caught my attention. With the arrival of Netbooks and later the Macbook Air 11", small notebooks are no longer hard to get in Europe.

[amiga-workbench]

I've got a few Libretto's kicking around, they are fantastic machines, full pentium class UMPC's

I've also got a GPRS modem for my 100CT and it makes a nice portable IRC machine.

http://i.imgur.com/IUp4U7p.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SuMjceM.jpg

[pjc50]

I still have my Libretto 30, which was right on the bottom edge of usable performance with its 486-class processor and 8MB RAM. I remember being able to play MP3s - but only with the Fraunhofer codec, not WinAMP, and I eventually lost the PCMCIA sound card. It also ran Opera quite nicely. Eventually I installed Redhat.

Still the best "touchpoint" interface I've ever used, since you worked it with your thumb rather than an extended index finger. And the keyboard is just adorable. The whole thing fit in a pocket if you had very large pockets.

[akhilcacharya]

I'm a fan of the wallpapers.

[va3agav]

Oh boy, I'm not going to hide my envy, those beasts look really sexy.