I don't disagree with the post but I think this kind of discussion is largely pointless. The media loves to say "That is dead" because it makes a good headline

I don't disagree with the post but I think this kind of discussion is largely pointless. The media loves to say "That is dead" because it makes a good headline. But it doesn't mean anything. An example: how many years has it been since people declared the PDA dead at the hands of the smartphone? Yet all these years later there are still PDAs for sale (http://tinyurl.com/ydeufwh http://tinyurl.com/ydeufwh) Netbooks has a future as long as there's a reasonable market for people who don't want to pay a monthly fee for a smartbook (and I think that will be a long, long time). They may be overtaken in sales but I don't know if that really matters to those who want a netbook as long as they can still get one.