the market will be in providing internet.

free domiains @me.com will follow

So please get out of your airconditioned homes/offices and look around the world; The netbook might just be the only computing device many people might have a chance at owning.

Originally sold in Japan as the Kyocera Kyotronic 85, Tandy Corp bought the rights and started selling the Model 100 in 1983. Article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Shack_Model_100. The Model 100 was a very popular device for journalists in particular because it lasted quite a while on four AA batteries, provided a reasonably full-size, nearly full-travel keyboard, and did the necessary basics without frills.

It was succeeded by the Model 200, which looks more like current netbooks and notebooks with a display top connected by hinge to the bottom part which contains the keyboard, batteries, connectors and main board.

Second, and more importantly, is the “disposable” and “consumer” mindset with with netbooks are or will be viewed by many. Since netbooks are cheap, the price will be less of a hurdle to overcome in deciding to buy a new one (or yet another one). We’ve already seen millions of netbooks sold as replacements or additions to current computing devices. Each new netbook requires that many more resources to manufacture, and for every old computer replaced, those computers must be disposed of somehow–probably in a landfill. The overturn of these netbooks maybe possibly be increased compared to traditional laptops, using more resources.

Though I’m not suggesting that the manufacturing of netbooks be stopped, I think it’s spurious to say that netbooks are “green” because they consume a little less power than their big brothers. Sure, power savings does help, and the “only buy what you need” mindset is undeniably crucial to any hope for a environmentally friendly society. However, I would question how many people truly need netbooks, or if their current devices would suffice a little longer; I would question whether there may be other choices in lifestyle or consumption, on the personal and corporate levels, which could have a larger impact on our “greenness.” Of course, credit is due to those who ask these questions.

but not everyone buying is looking for the (1) & (2).

I have seen a Acer Aspire One outperform a very expensive laptop that was bought 2 years ago. The point is that netbook 2 years down the road will out-perform today’s power laptop. Moore’s law is still on.

With the cloud computing trend, if the netbook doesn’t have 200G hard drive, it is fine because cloud storage can extend it. If the netbook doesn’t run office 2007, it is fine because Google Docs runs on google’s CPU and only send the presentation layer to you in a browser. so you get more storage in the cloud and you get more CPU in the cloud.

so a netbook can continue to focus on its strength such as fast boot time with SSD HD, longer battery life, maybe bigger screen and leave the rest to the cloud. netbook+cloud is a very good thing to have

Why a library card is greener than a netbook.

Netbooks aren’t for everyone, but for the majority of users, they are more than enough.

If it’s important to you to be using office software when a network connection is not available, then it’s not right for you. If you are a developer, it’s probably not right for you.

Most modern laptops are overkill for most users. I can’t remember the last time I used my DVD writer. I haven’t even used a CD in my laptop for over 4 months.

We don’t need one type of device to work for everyone. That’s ok.