I read the article the same way GHFigs did. Apple sells a machine that handles light web browsing and email well for a reasonably cheap price. Like their compet

I read the article the same way GHFigs did. Apple sells a machine that handles light web browsing and email well for a reasonably cheap price. Like their competitors they also sell more expensive, more powerful machines that do more stuff, are more pleasant to use and are less portable. The difference is Apple's is based around mobile data. Most other netbooks are just adding that now. It is a closed platform. Like most Apple products (Apple TV, iTunes DRM'ed songs) it's closed unless you want to put in the time, effort and risk of opening it. Then you can pretty much do anything that the hardware is capable of doing.