Netbooks: The next fad or are they here to stay?

Right now netbooks are all the rage so it seems, but is it all just a fad? Don't get me wrong, I love my little Aspire One but are netbooks the next revolution? Take a look at where we have come from and where we are going. The first netbook form factor was the HP Omnibook300. It ran windows 3.11 and had a 40MB hard drive or a 10MB Flash version. If you were going have that kind of tech you certainly were going to pay for it, the drive based version cost a grant less then $2,000.00, and that sexy flash version was going to set you back $2,370.00. they tried again with UMPC's. that name brings to mind devices like the Sony UX, and the Samsung Q1 but by and large these items were flops. Now we are back to where it all started with the current versions of netbooks. I think the price for the Omnibook keeps it out of reach of most us and the radical change from what we knew of computers kept the UX and Q1 out of society at large's hands. With today’s netbooks I believe that the price is right and the form factor is not sacary for people to embrace. I think that people didn’t want to spend a bunch of money on a device they may not like to use.