Actually, earnings and work amount probably has an inverse parabolic relation. At some point as the earning increases, there will be an apex of work, and as earning increases further, the amount of work decreases. Thats why bosses tend to have more time than their minions. So if you're not earning much, you probably are working your *** off and not have time. If you're a CEO, you can probably take time off on a weekday and play golf. But there are some people who have too much time and they are unemployed :P

Anyway, I didn't say comparisons against different 'species' was invalid, I said that people do make those comparisons. Airplanes are faster than cars, cars are faster than bicycles, laptops are faster than n800s. By doing this comparisons, people make decisions on travel and what to purchase.

People do not say, "oh..an airplane is not faster than a car as its not an apple to apple comparison.."

I think this thread is going the wrong direction. I still maintain my previous threads that the n800 is slower than laptops, so from a commercial standpoint, it is not attractive to the masses. It makes it hard to recommend to people when you have to mention multiple caveats or fine prints when you try to describe how cool the n800 is. Its cool after multiple tinkering attempts, but out of the box it will suck to most people.