Good to know. I vlited a version but I think I may have removed too much. I found a link for ASUS EEEpc owners about getting it down to the 3 gig range, but I am trying to maintain tablet functionality. You don't happen to have it listed anywhere what you used for your vlite settings did you? Don't go out of your way to write it, just wanted to see if you happened to go off of someone else, post it up, or just go on the fly. I went ahead and got a faster secondary drive, so now I'm looking at 32GB slow storage, 16GB, but only at 35 MB/S, and then 8GB at 45MB/S. I can probably unload Win7 on the 16G if need be, but I'll try to 8G since you were successful with it, and then I may throw office and other software on the 16G. Either way, the 16G should be about the speed of my original 4200 rpm drive (a bit faster), so certainly decent performance, but the 8GB will be faster than a typical 7200 seen in mobile computing, and the vlited size of a more efficient OS should help me see considerably speed improvements. ( I know there are much faster HDs - but mind you the x41 came with a 4200rpm 1.8" with a 29.7 MB/S transfer rate and a 15ms seek time - The x41 will still be a dog, but I'm just looking for a solid mobile road warrier that can supplement my other computers. Had a EEEPC but it didn't quite fit the bill, so I'm essentially using the X41 as a UMPC with tablet function) Thanks for the help!