there are lots of people that will buy this and they are for sure going to be sold in emerging markets. just because they dont meet the standard in your economic reality doesnt make it a bad idea. go ahead and buy the normal nehalem procs for 10x the price you morons

Maybe they should have typed "Netbook" into Google before suggesting it. They would have found that Psion has already built such a device with that name. Really rather good it is too, I sometimes still use mine.


Yes, can't see myself wanting a crippled computer. If I've got a phone that can read Excel spreadsheets and browse the internet in full technicolour, why again would I want a larger device that does... the same? Oh, it might run Flash and Java applets too, but really slowly. OMG...

Now if they managed to get a full Windows XP device into that form factor, that would be interesting (or full Mac OS, Ubuntu, whatever your preference). The strong point of a laptop PC is flexibility/configurability and compatibility with your other stuff. In order to do this it must have a PROPER PC OS, not some weird Symbian or hobbled variant of Linux.

How about :"badly crippled, really cheesey, partially broken , notebook computer". Another bad idea to bridge the gap between notebook/laptop portable computers and PDA's. Usually these devices cost too much for the utility they provide. One also ends up having to cart around a PDA, smartphone (sic), several in between gadgets and a laptop. All this does is add complexity, bulk and more 
"stuff" too keep track of so that it is not lost or stolen. Someone needs to develop a reasonably-priced (not over-priced) crossover device that really has some genuine utility - part of that utility would exist in being able to replace several other gadgets at once. Maybe something modular. Sheesh