We all saw the EEE PC and what its capable of. We also saw several shortcommings in it. Here is another lappy based on the same concept, but with a HDD of 30 Gigs. Its also a good looker. Its based on gOS, the same one that powered the gPC and also made by the same company, EVEREX. Its called the CloudBook. This one is a bit better than the EEE, and you may consider it for the engineering/business/kid's lappy you plan to buy. Its Ubuntu based too, so praka123, me, Cyrus_the_Virus, etc and other linux enthusiasts will be kept happy due to the fact that this bundles a popular Distro and not a distro that has gotton into legal trouble with OSS, like SuSE, Xandros, Linspire, etc.Technical Specifications:

Via C7 ULV processor clocked at 1.2GHz
30GB hard drive
1.2MP webcam
gOS
512MB of RAM
4-in-1 card reader
a pair of USB 2.0 ports
DVI-out
7" Screen
800 x 480 native resolution

to me, the above looks pretty decent for running ubuntu.
Source:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6962839488.html