Last Monday I mentioned buying a new netbook, opining that it just might inspire me to launch a new blog.

So I spent some time yesterday deleting all the crap that bundled with it (Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, MSN Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Live Essentials).

See a pattern evolving?

I don't need that stuff on my netbook. I just need the netbook to write blogs, administer my websites, administer my servers, transfer photos, and check e-mail.

And Microsoft Office on a little netbook with a 10" screen? Are they serious?

Funny thing was that I figured if I absolutely had to have those applications, I could always reinstall them. Ooops! This netbook doesn't come with installation CDs. Ooops Again! This netbook doesn't have a CD drive!

Actually, I already knew that it didn't have a CD drive. I just had a momentary lapse of thinking.

It seems that manufacturers of netbooks still see these things as little tiny laptops, as opposed to travelling companions of laptops. They ought to think of them in this way, and design them with features and bundled software to compliment your primary laptop.

I don't need an office suite, but it would be cool to have "GoToMyPC" bundled in. That would make sense.

And netbooks should come with a USB cable so that you can connect it to your laptop, and run some kind of syncing software that let's you transfer files back and forth.

And why do they have to have so many applications that boot up from start up? Netbooks should boot up very quickly.  ✓