I'm not surprised. What does surprise me is how lonely my laptop has gotten since I grabbed an iPad. A significant chunk of my computer time belongs to reading

I'm not surprised. What does surprise me is how lonely my laptop has gotten since I grabbed an iPad. A significant chunk of my computer time belongs to reading, research, and light communication via email or Twitter. For these tasks, the iPad is infinitely better than my laptop. It generates no heat, which is huge for comfort. Its form factor works in bed, in a comfy chair, on the couch, even in the tub (with a ziplock bag, natch). The battery life is excellent, and would be extraordinary if not for the weight it adds (edit: turns out this is bullshit, see below). I'm most excited to ditch my laptop during travel. There's nothing I need from a computer that my iPad can't do during travel. It's best to see the iPad as an application console, the way a DS is a portable game console. Sure, there's a bunch of stuff it can't do relative to an honest-to-god computer. But that doesn't really matter, since its portability and form factor make using it for the things it's great at doing so much fun.