iPad vs Netbook

[TheRealMafoo]

psrock said:

TheRealMafoo said:

psrock said:
Netbooks are like $299, right?

Some less, some more. If you want one with 3G and a contract, by the end of your two year contract you will have paid $720 more just on data charges for the netbook.

But for hardware, netbooks run from $250-$800. Most are around $300.

I think that in a year or so, I could see this ending netbooks. For what a netbook can do, this thing blows it away. If you need real computing (like development work, or photoshop), you need a laptop. A netbook is not going to cut it anyway.

For 90% of the people who a netbook will work for, an iPad will do what they want far better. 

That's why I got A laptop. And I think you are confusing them with tablet PC which is more a like the Ipad.

I wouldnt advise any one to get first Gen Apple products anyway, it's always better to wait and get the followup which are always such a better deal and just better period.

Well, I agree the next iPad will be a better deal, but if you bought the very first iPhone, it's still a very capable product here 3 years later. 

I would guess in 6 months to a year, the iPad will drop in price, but you won't see anything ground breaking in there design for a few years. They might add a camera, but I think the reasons it's not in there have less to do with cost, and more to do with it just not working well in a tablet device.

And if a Tablet PC was more like an iPad, they would have done well. The problem is a Tablet PC is just like a laptop or netbook, without the keyboard. That's not a good thing.

Bringing a touch interface from the phone world to the table world was the way to go. This is why I think the only thing that will rival the iPad in it's market space, will be android devices. But that again, will help kill the Netbook.