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I am not sure on which side I am, but one thing that strikes me plausible is hacker's argument against the small screen of PDAs. Seriously, could you imagine working full-time on a 3-4" screen? Your eye doctor would love you for it. I think notebooks will hold the key for future personal computing. So I agree there is a trend towards minimization, but I think it ends at the size of a notebook. On the other hand, I think Brian's example of future handheld use is perfectly valid as well. Why do laptops and handhelds have to compete with each other if they could so perfectly complement each other? For instance, IBM's SoulPad demo shows that you could use your PDA as something as a "personalized, secure" harddisk that enables workers and students to share one notebook and yet have their customized environment by plugging in their PDA. THIS is how I would envision near future. Doesn't it sound great?
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