Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
Which of those netboks were you referring to which has a Blu Ray player by the way?
Netbooks, dunno. Which is why I wrote "laptops/netbooks", thinking here specifically of my Sony TT [an imperfect yet incredibly powerful, small, light, and full-featured tool - oh, and I absolutely hate Sony as a company - but several of their recent VAIOs have been quite good].
Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
I read 9 NIH research grants I had to review on the ipad a couple weeks ago, saving me from printing about 1000 pages.
Which could have been done just as easily and, from a supine position for example, more comfortably IMO, on a laptop.
I hope that you understand that I am not trying to make a case that the iPad is not right for you, specifically. Rather I am addressing my comments to a larger audience among some of Apple's more, um, ardent fans, and their giddy public group orgasm over the iPad regardless of what it
can't/doesn't do...