Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> But it boils down to this - do you want an appliance, or do you want a 
> general purpose computing device.

  If you want a general-purpose computer, why don't you buy a laptop?
You'll be able to do a lot more with it than with a tablet. Many modern
laptops aren't even significantly heavier or larger either, so it's not
even a question of portability.

  The iPad is not a laptop. It's a portable multimedia device which also
doubles as a pretty decent game console (it is, in fact, surprisingly
powerful at running games, even heavy 3D ones). It also has an incredible
battery life (which most portable devices can only dream of).

  I suppose the Android tablets try to be a bit of both, and in many cases
probably not being very good at either.

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