I hope I'm not falling into the same trap as people discounting the ipad; FWIW, I'm not trying to say that this new product won't catch on because it won't be u

I hope I'm not falling into the same trap as people discounting the ipad; FWIW, I'm not trying to say that this new product won't catch on because it won't be useful to people. I'm trying to understand why it is a new product at all and not just a laptop; on paper most of the specs sound the same, except for maybe the keyboard being removable.