The New York Times has a two-page article by Matt Richtel covering the rise of netbooks and other smaller PCs and notebooks, and the dramatic impact they are starting to have on the PC industry.
In an article entitled “Smaller PCs Cause Worry for Industry”, he writes that they are a cause for concern among some of the larger manufacturers and retailers because of the smaller profit margins and the dominance by smaller manufacturers.
They mention that Dell, Acer, and HP, among some of the largest overall producers have plans or are in the process of carrying them out: