I don't think the comparison the the iPad really does the Surface any justice. The iPad was built specifically as a media consumption device - couch surfing, mo

I don't think the comparison the the iPad really does the Surface any justice. The iPad was built specifically as a media consumption device - couch surfing, movies on an airplane etc. This was, at the time, what the hardware allowed for. You could argue that hardware has caught up and the iPad is looking a little stale right now, and I wouldn't disagree, but its more of a Zune device rather then a Laptop. I'm sure we'll see a convergence in the next couple of years in both Apple and Google camps.