Small/light laptops are not netbooks

"The point of netbooks is to provide something that at the higher end may be of similar size/weight to an ultra-portable laptop, but provides "just enough" to get the job done for most people, at a MUCH lower cost "

So, because this machine does not fit the definition of "netbook" 100% it either should not exist, or it should be sold at a lower price (which would probably mean selling it as a loss?

Well, as it happens: Sony insist that this is not a netbook.

"A portable system costing $899 with the specs mentioned simply isn't a netbook"

Which is what Sony is saying....