How are you going to feel unproductive, if it does what you need it to do? You seem to be generalizing for a more advanced user. If all a person needs to do is browse the web and check their email, an OS like Android would be perfect.

I am a technical user, but I DEFINITELY plan to get an Android-powered netbook, if they ever become available. It is likely to be small & lightweight, fast (especially on x86), long battery life, lots of downloadable apps, capable of making cell phone calls and won’t require any of the typical Windows maintenance.

after people start buying these… then they sit down with their “laptop” & start using such a simplified OS it wont take long to see how silly they feel & how nonproductive the whole experience really is.

In fact, the lower clock may well be an advantage for the Freescale, as clock speed directly relates to power consumption regardless of architecture, so assuming the FS proc provides the desired performance envelope, it is an advantage to do so with a lower clock rate.

Patrick