I have a netbook (alongside my desktop which I'd never replace) and I'm surprised at how well it handles well...anything, to be honest.
I've had games and all sorts running on it and minus a few issues it seems to run pretty decently and can handle a fair few things running. I've had it running for a few days straight before and it seemed okay, though I think it might have bluescreened on me once or twice overnight in the months I've had it.
I mainly got it because it was cheap, light and small and I needed something I could just slide in a backpack and take places when I stay over etc. but considering I wasn't expecting much more than something that struggled to run firefox I was pretty surprised and I'm kind of happy with it.
That and I wasn't the one paying for it.