"Also, though I did install Lynx, this is not a great machine for modern Web surfing (except for ratfactor.com, of course). So it's a pretty distraction-free device."

As an owner of one these ASUS EeePC netbooks I used links (a different text-only browser) in VGA textmode in NetBSD for many years. For the small screen size, the terminal font is easy on the eyes. Lynx is one of the worst text-only browsers, IMHO. For me, staying in textmode prevents distraction. However I am reading from the www in textmode all the time. A large, complex, Javascript-enabled, advertising-sponsored, graphical browser is not necessary. No idea what "modern Web surfing" means but it does not sound like it is worth the time if all it produces is distraction.