After using my iPad for a week, I think it will get better reviews from those who are not "tech crazy" than from those that are.
I was with my mother at a coffee shop on the weekend and she wanted to check her e-mail. I asked which she wanted to use, the laptop or the iPad. She wanted the iPad "because it's easier to use". Now the techies will suggest that it is dumbed-down for stupid people. I think it just makes technology more accessible to people that otherwise wouldn't use it.
For me, it just means I don't have to carry around the laptop unless I plan on doing some development. My usual uses for the laptop are watching movies, playing games, checking e-mail and web surfing. So 95% of the time, I can leave the laptop at home and just take the iPad.
The only bummer for me is that I purchased E.R. Season 12 from Future Shop instead of from iTunes. It takes absolutely forever to convert the videos to mp4 to load them onto the iPad.
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