Actually, the keyboard size, as measured from the left edge of the Q key to the right edge of the P is very slightly larger on my netbook than on the keyboard I'm currently using on my desktop (a Logitech K750). Accommodations are made with the keys on the periphery - the caps lock, shift, enter and backspace keys are smaller. The distance between keys is about 1/8 inch on both. The RAM was readily upgradeable from one gig to two, which is necessary to run anything other than Windows 7 starter edition.