Netbooks cost 50-60% less, so they're pretty safe.

Find me a CD player that costs $250.

In 2001, the iPod launched at $399. That's roughly $500 in 2010 dollars.

What calculation or source did you use to assume such a high inflation rate in just 9 years?

There is a large market for business-oriented netbooks -- managers, salespeople and executives who are largely using it for access to Outlook, simple document viewing, and other business-oriented apps.

I have a difficult time seeing the iPad fulfilling those needs -- Apple Mail is a far cry from full-fledged Outlook.

I use my netbook mostly to write small web server applications in Ruby and Python.

This device is not "for" me.