The author has a point: many iPad buyers spend a lot of money to work around the limitations of the device. Is not a minority, else there wouldn't be so many ke

The author has a point: many iPad buyers spend a lot of money to work around the limitations of the device. Is not a minority, else there wouldn't be so many keyboard cases for it. I think the problem are all those pundits talking about the "post-PC era". Some are even reinforcing that point with Windows 8, but guess what? That OS is Windows7 with a touch UI layer on top. The only real novelty is the ARM version, in which case we're entering the post-WinTel era (at last!). The iPad beats the crap of any PDA or PMP, but PCs and Macs? Sorry, is just not that versatile. The limitations it has have more to do with battery life and engineering constrains than actual ease-of-use. And APPL patents are rarely made into actual products. Ironically that one from 2008 has far more in common with that slider tablet from ASUS than anything APPL is actually working on.