I think the iPhone has already fulfilled the net computer 'dream'. (Especially if it comes in a tablet form soon as rumored?). It's part of its awesomeness :) - Matsis

Not to mention Darien Dash (Jay-Z's cousin) being on TV in 1999, next to Steve Case & Bill Gates yelling "NC not PC." Talikng about being ahead of his time. If anybody is listening I'd love to contact Darien. - professor daddyo

Thing is, they've been predicting "the network is the computer" for the better part of 30 years. It's not new. - alphaxion

alphaxion - I remember the dumb terminals when I worked summers at the Pentagon. Green-screen things that talked to the main server. This somehow seems different, eh? - Hutch Carpenter

The network has always been the computer. Back in the green screen days it was the people on the outside feeding information in. Then we got Ethernet, and now you have always on connections available in most of the western world (unless you are with AT&T *cough*). I think that Chrome OS is hitting us at about the right time... - Andy Bold

Key improvements in the past 10 years making this possible: Cheap wifi, social network growth to include efficient link trading, and free cloud-hosted web apps. - Daniel J. Pritchett