I feel the same way. I had a eee and later a Samsung netbook, but eventually ordinary laptops got light enough that a netbook is now just a laptop with a smaller screen. I'll always have a soft spot for them, but I doubt I'll use one again as a daily driver.
Likes it
Not my experience. I tried to install on an old Asus Eee and everything worked on first try. There's a web browser (Web Positive) that works good enough given the available resources on this machine. The system itself runs very nicely on this hardware. I tried to install Linux there first but I wasn't able to find any 32 but distro with GUI that would fit on 4GB eMMC. Now I have a neat small machine that supports what I need from it and I'm thinking of putting it on some more powerful HW.
Doesn’t like it
I also have Eee netbook. It's so old that it's keyboard stopped working. I bought another keyboard from the same model but changing it didn't help. What do you mean with "flex killed"? Could the same happen to keyboard controller on my piece? Is it possible to fix it with simple soldering new solder? Also I would like to buy this OP mini laptop for my six year daughter... I wonder when it will be ready for production... She might be 8 then. Maybe better Raspberry Pi 400 (but it needs external screen and that is a downturn)? What do you think?
Likes it
If it breaks, it breaks; but who knows! I once accidentally dropped the Eee from ~1 metre of height, chipping off some of the chassis plastic, but the computer continued to work. Stuff like this was why I keep buying Asus. I was once watching an engrossing video and put my zenbook ontop of a washing machine. The top was slanted, so it slid off and kerb stomped the concrete floor face first. Zero all effects except for some scratches. I still use it.
Doesn’t like it
I bought an Asus Eee several years ago for writing away from home, but discovered too late that the keyboard is much too small for me to type comfortably.