iPad: redressing the balance

'They've [laptops] all been largely obsoleted (at least at my home) by a sleek $499 device that doesn't really have any right to be called a "computer" in the traditional sense.

Sure, there's a handful of tasks that I still would prefer a real computer, but -- amazingly -- that list has now shrunk dramatically. In less than a week.'

From this post, by Chuck Hollis, which is linked everywhere.