My hand is up
I hate full sized laptops. There, I said it. They are heavy, hot, take up too much space in a bag, and have piss poor battery life. As a desktop replacement they are too expensive for what you get. The bigger screens make them heavier while still being much smaller than an external monitor. I could go on about using them with external mice and lack of upgradability...
I love my netbook -- original Asus Eee 1000 with Kubuntu 11.04 installed on the the 8 GB fast SSD, and home mounted on the slower 32 GB SSD. Anything it can't do, I wouldn't want to do on a portable computer anyway, even a 15.6"+ portable. Desktop stuff should be done on desktops and laptops(netbooks) should do things you need to do on the go.
I have an iPad. It is a nice toy. It does email, browsing, books and video pretty well. It is instant on. It is lousy at creating stuff that you need off the machine. It is a recipient of data, not a good creator.
Is it big news? depends. If it uses the regular repositories, then yes. If it uses only special repos like the horrible Dell Minis, then it is bad news.
