These really good observations. One thing that made me appreciate the _current_ ipad a little more is my recent experience with MS's Surface which is an explici

These really good observations. One thing that made me appreciate the _current_ ipad a little more is my recent experience with MS's Surface which is an explicit tablet/desktop hybrid. There is a lot I like about what MS is doing, and I recognize the hybrid model is extremely difficult to accomplish, but their tablet experience just doesn't stack up to the ipad's. I felt frequently frustrated by the lack of gestures which would help me quickly navigate between applications, and (even worse) the click targets don't change for the tablet mode, so pressing things with my finger is nearly impossible. Watching youtube is like rocket surgery because of how the controls hide until hover and remain very small. Even UIs which the OS could ostensibly alter, like click targets for window controls, stay small and difficult to hit. Microsoft is trying to hit two products at once, and (to a degree) the desktop mode is still strong, but the tablet mode just isn't. It gives me more respect for Apple's decisions than I previously had.