[citation][nom]Razor512[/nom]Some atom based systems lack a decent videocard that can accelerate many of the common video formats.Set a high end tablet video player to software only and it will lag far more than a netbook.get a netbook with a better GPU and HD video runs perfectly.If you want to compare CPU and memory performance of a tablet to a netbook, you will see that a netbook runs significantly faster. Netbooks tend to fit intoo the $200-300 price range, while laptops tend to just go into the $300- unlimited price rangebased on functionality, tablets offer less in just about all aspects, placing then in between a smartphone and netbook.based on that, I strongly feel that tablets should be priced lower than netbooks and smartphones should be priced below tablets.[/citation]
Points taken, but nobody is going to disable hardware acceleration on their tablet.
Not only that, but high-end tablets consume CONSIDERABLY less power then the most power-efficient netbooks.
Yes, notebooks definitely come cheaper and with more powerful hardware if you ignore Atom entirely and jump right into the E350 etc.. Or for around the price of a new tablet ($500) you could grab something with an i3 in it.
As said by many in these comments, tablets and netbooks are in completely different markets. The prices of a touch screen and all the other tablet components can be more costly then that of a netbook and is the reason why they cost so much in comparison.
It isn't an oranges to oranges (Yes, avoided using Apple.. Crap just used it >.