The Trouble with Point and Shoot Digital Cameras

I have long enjoyed Digital Photography Review. They recently wrote the best article I have seen as to why digital point and shoot cameras are so difficult to get consistently good photographs from. The article is Compact Camera High ISO modes:Separating the facts from the hype by Simon Joinson

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/compactcamerahighiso/

I am determined to continue to use point and shoot digital cameras no matter what their shortcomings are. This article makes it a whole lot easier to know when I am in a situation where my camera is going to produce very inferior results from what I am seeing.