Firstly, I like how you've taken the Jobs quote COMPLETELY out of context. What he said was "Netbooks are better at ANYTHING...compared to laptops"

We've seen all this when the iPhone's came out originally. I guess you are one of the "I think I look cool if I demonstrate I hate Apple" crowed?

The iPad, IMO, is pretty pointless. But to be fair to it, virtually everything on that check-list doesn't apply to it It was never meant to have a physical keyboard, USB slots or LAN port - why in the fuck would you want them on that? You might aswel buy a netbook!

But for people that DON'T WANT A NETBOOK or laptop; the people that don't want a "computer" sat on their knee when they are simply just browsing the web, or reading a few emails, or just playing a game for relaxation, or watching a few video clips, it's perfect. For that, you don't need an OS, you don't need a huge hard drive (which, I notice the capacity listed in the check-list to also be inaccurate), you don't need USB or LAN ports (and technically it does have USB seeing as it has a dock connector to connect to your mac or PC), and you don't need a physical keyboard.

It's not for me, I just don't need one. But for what it does, which is what it was designed for, it does it better than anything out there. Only a complete moron would actually try and compare it to a netbook or laptop, seeing as the iPad and netbook are two completely different things! It's comparing bread and milk