Netbooks are intended to be lightweight computers with basic functionality and access to the web with more powerful functionality supplied by the 'cloud'. Based on this definition, why do netbooks have internal drives? The OS and applications needed for such a device should fit on a simple 4GB SDHC card. For user files, an SDHC card or USB key would suffice. Rarely used files can be stored in the cloud.
Such a system would be cheaper and have a longer battery life. The system could be thinner, or have a larger battery. The OS/applications could be sold separately (delineating the cost structure) and later re-sold privately. In fact, the user could easily try multiple OS/application setups.
Perhaps people are already ignoring the internal drive; using a netbook with a USB key for portability and a desktop at home/office/school seems smart to me, how about you?
Parts of this were printed in PCWorld November 2009, see page 9 in:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20918212/PC-World-Magazin-November-2009
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