joefriday :
This man is right. The "best answer" is wrong on power consumption numbers (but still correct that the atom is less power consuming than a non-atom processor). Refer to my article on SPCR where I compared the netbook to my old Pentium M laptop, it should answer plenty of questions:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=53860
Not sure how its wrong. The Netbook that you used is different from the one I found on THG so power numbers will be different.
But yours is comparing it to a much older Pentium M instead of something more modern like a Core i3.
I thought a Core i3 for comparison would be better since thats more towards what you will find laptop wise.
I wish every Atom based Netbook would have the same power usage, but thats not possible since evry OEM is different in what they will give it beyond the CPU/mobo, hell some even have a discrete GPU for gaming that will up the power usage.