If you are accessing office systems, before you even consider a netbook you need to see if the screen size will allow you to access whatever it is you have to access. Most of them do not go past 600 for height (you can not for example install some HP printers on them unless you hook up an external monitor), so check to see if they would work with your system.
Not that you are looking at a $300 computer if they are willing to drop $2,000 for you.
Given those choices, I think the primary difference is the Lenovo does not have an optical drive on it, the toshiba does, and that the Lenovo has an 8 or 10 hour battery. Personally I would probably go with the Lenovo. It just feels more solid. Not sure if it's because it's a bit larger, or it's got more metal, but it just seems like it will hold up better.
Last edited by cordelli; Mar 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm