What I find most confusing about this article that the author finds that netbooks went away for good. Since when choice is that bad? No one's forced to buy a n

What I find most confusing about this article that the author finds that netbooks went away for good. Since when choice is that bad? No one's forced to buy a netbook if he doesn't want to, right? I bought an eeePC 900A in late 2008 and it's travelled all over the world with me now, gone to several conferences and troubleshooting gigs at friends and relatives, and basically everywhere I didn't want to carry a 15" notebook (don't have anything between) Yes, it was a bit slow, but it's running a default debian install on a LUKS-encrypted 8GB SSD - what's not to love about it? I indeed mourn the downfall of the netbook, and if mine ever dies I'd be very much tempted to get a new one for ~250 EUR just before a larger trip. Edit: I have HTC Desire Z and a 7" ainol tablet, I like both - but for nearly everything I've ever used my netbook, I can't use them really. Only exception is writing blog posts on the road...