I can't use an iPad for much more than reading books, casual web browsing, casual chess and a game or two. For work I split 75%/25% between a PC and Mac, both

I can't use an iPad for much more than reading books, casual web browsing, casual chess and a game or two. For work I split 75%/25% between a PC and Mac, both with multiple large high-resolution monitors, proper keyboards, trackballs and a Wacom tablet. I couldn't imagine coding on an iPad or working on anything serious enough. The closed nature of the platform, with lack of file system access, user accounts, peripheral connectivity and lack of expansion (memory being a key issue) makes the ipad inconvenient at best. But wait! There's nothing whatsoever wrong with this scenario. I am perfectly happy with what the iPad does for me. Sure, it can't match my 16 core PC with 24gigs of SDRAM, three monitors and five hard drives. It doesn't have to! Different devices for different uses. And the ipad is great for what I do with it. Ideal? No, of course. Editing text is a pain in the ass, the screen is too small and some websites absolutely suck on it (Please STOP disabling zoom!). The iPad is very useful. I am sure people outside engineering/design might find a lot more use out of it.