[TChris]

I’d never give up my quad core desktop, but, IMHO, those who think you’re ‘giving up’ something by going for a netbook are misguided.

I'm guessing the writers are trying to discourage netbook sales a bit, whether on their own or at the request of manufacturers. There isn't much profit in netbooks, so some would like to see fewer sales.

[kingu]

Manufactures are making fair money on them, if there's any real complaint, I'd say it's the software providers, especially anti-virus makers, who are feeling the pinch. With OpenOffice (or my favorite, AbiWord) as word processor, Firefox or Opera as browser, there's not much call for extra software purchases on mine, and no yearly homage to Norton.