I don't see much overlap between laptop and iPad. A laptop is a desktop substitute; it's keyboard+screen in a much more convenient package with a bearable decr

I don't see much overlap between laptop and iPad. A laptop is a desktop substitute; it's keyboard+screen in a much more convenient package with a bearable decrease in performance. An iPad is a paper substitute. It fits this niche precisely because it does not have a keyboard. It's a miserable failure as a laptop substitute because it isn't one. Comparing it to a laptop is like comparing a motorcycle to a bus. Once you've said not to get one if you want the other there's not much else interesting to say.