I was making the point that a lot of the advantages mentioned apply to netbooks. Some of the ones that don't (e.g. standing-up use) would be a case of swings an

I was making the point that a lot of the advantages mentioned apply to netbooks. Some of the ones that don't (e.g. standing-up use) would be a case of swings and roundabouts. I agree that standing-up use, particularly data entry, is one of the iPad's advantages. I didn't get how much of the standing-up use was data entry (where it's game, set and match to a touchscreen) and how much of it was passively displaying data (where the advantage is smaller). One place mentioned in the article where the iPad wins over netbooks is ease of cleaning, having way fewer crevices than a device with a keyboard. Not an impossible problem, but I imagine it's nice not to have to worry about it.