Asus Eee PC T101MT Touch Screen Netbook: Why Ship It With Media-less Windows 7 Starter Edition?

I’ve had the Asus Eee PC T91MT multi-touch touchscreen netbook for about four months now. I carry it with me every week day to and from the office. It generally serves as my lunch hour news reader and meeting note taker (though I usually use a LiveScribe smartpen for meeting notes taking and audio recording). Its small keyboard makes it difficult for me to type quickly. In fact, its keyboard was the main reason I left it at home when I went on week long conference trip last month.