You don't have to choose between an iPad or Chromebook just as people didn't have to choose between an iPad or a laptop (although some did, and some will). As

You don't have to choose between an iPad or Chromebook just as people didn't have to choose between an iPad or a laptop (although some did, and some will). As for your point about the iPad having a browser too, Chrome is among the elite (if not THE elite) browsers on the market; comparing it to a mobile OS browser and saying they are equivalent is not fair. Forget about Flash, the iPad cannot render javascript at near the speed that a desktop browser can, nor does it support as many of the cutting edge HTML5 features. Additionally, Chrome is updated at a much more rapid pace. The CR48 doesn't even have the same UI that it had 6 months ago, not to mention additional HTML5 support (such as Speech input, which iPad doesn't have). Lastly, Chrome syncs extremely fast. In fact, they specifically omitted a sync button in the settings page because it is designed to sync faster than you could get to the button. If a change isn't synced instantly it's considered a bug in Chrome.