Look around out there. Netbooks are not only ubiquitous, they have basically conquered all of reality.
Before you do a spit take and start saying words that are unsuitable for TUAW's family friendly audience, let me remind you of Apple's iPad introduction. Steve Jobs laid out the plan for how the unit would operate: as a middle ground between laptops and mobile phones, it would allow people to browse the web, check for email, enjoy media, play games, and read.
In other words, Jobs was introducing netbooks for the rest of us.
Reimagining the form factor but not the functionality brought the netbook into h
