You haven't seen people commenting on how hard it is to read text/watch videos on the N800? Or about x86 compatibility? (The latter, particularly. I know of no x86 compatible pocketable devices.)

I really don't see how these are worse for "real work" than the eee unless real work is defined in some wierd fashion. If your work requires a lot of typing, you'd get an external, full-pitch keyboard either way. If it doesn't, you'll take an incremental performance hit from the on-screen rather than sub-pitch keyboard input, but you'll be productive either way.

The big advantage these have over eees is walkability; an eee is best used with a flat surface, while a MID is optimized for handheld, free-roaming work.