One of the reasons netbooks are so popular is that they generally cost less than fuller featured laptops. But in addition to driving down the average price of computers, netbooks have also led ...

In addition, for many users, desktop PCs are taking a back seat to high-end laptops. With each passing year, the performance gap between a “small” machine and a “big” machine shrinks that much more.

The term “disruptive,” a common buzzword in tech journalism, is typically used to describe something that jars people out of existing ways of doing things, and provides them with both new ways to do ...