I guess you're paying for a good screen, working stylus, thought out product design, a smart touch UI/OS and being able to continue to use existing Apple purcha

I guess you're paying for a good screen, working stylus, thought out product design, a smart touch UI/OS and being able to continue to use existing Apple purchases (media, Apps). None of these things are easy to "review"/compare and that's probably why it's hard for people to find an "objective" argument for its pros/cons. I never understood the hype around the original iPad, it always bothered me that the OS was so restricted/black-box-y. Not really in-between a laptop and an iPhone but rather... a bigger iPhone. To understand, I first had to realize that the appeal has nothing to do with being able to install programs freely or have mouse-pointer precision. It's all about carrying a small-notebook sized screen around that's smart enough to surf the web, watch movies and view PDFs. It seems not worth 400€ when you already have a laptop, but from a usability POV, it kinda sorta is. These things aren't really there to replace office computers after all, they rather replace anything else you have lying around.