That is why I find all of the iPad vs laptop/netbook/whatever silly. They are invariably comparing some excellent value, highly functional Amazon best seller to

That is why I find all of the iPad vs laptop/netbook/whatever silly. They are invariably comparing some excellent value, highly functional Amazon best seller to the iPad. That's not what it needs to be compared. Noone is going to be sitting there deciding between an iPadn & an Eee. The real comparison happens where the real choice happens: at home. There is a nice new ipad on the kitchen table and a 3 year old computer in the other room. The computer has all sorts of crap installed on it, gives off 4 alerts a minute, takes 5 minutes to boot. It's tied to the power point because even thought it's a laptop, the battery died 2 years ago. That is where the decision will happen.