I like the way the blogger thinks, but he's wrong about the netbook. Unlike Monarch Burger's "apple pie", it hasn't been a flop.

I personally don't see the point of Big Heavy Expensive Laptops at all. My "zone of suck" is all in the right side of his chart. If you must lug something bigger than a tablet around with you, buy something small and light, like a netbook, for those times when there isn't a computer nearby. The rest of the time, use full sit-down desktop computers.

And don't give me this "I need a full laptop because I want to do my work in a cafe" crap. Either use a tablet / netbook / smartphone or go home and do your work there. Stop sitting there all alone at a table with an empty coffee cup and your giant laptop. Cafes are for socializing with real people, or at least watching other people. Not for staring into your computer for hours.