If not the ipad then what instead?

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So back to my point.... why NOT Android as a replacement tablet/laptop. (assuming you go with a dock-able device like ASUS Transformer series)

Even legacy software isn't an argument when you consider the CPUs. Something I completely didn't think of earlier.

Basically, you're back to square one with whatever has been pushed out to the companies respective stores and so far iOS and Android have pretty much anything you could really want and is expected to only continue to exponentially grow. While Win7/8 devices are still playing catchup.

Me? I'd only consider a win8 tablet/laptop device if it was seamless between it and my home desktop. I think that is where MS wants to go, but then I'm still giving up the massive personalization I get through Google and Android. Meaning, I'll probably continue moving solely to Google and over the next year as they continue to merge ChromeOS/GoogleTV/Mobile all into one single Android build... I'll just live in that world.

I still don't see a reason why the mass consumer couldn't be perfectly happy with an Android tablet/laptop. As it keeps progressing, Windows is becoming unimportant. Seems like Google will eventually do what Apple and Linux never could. (Granted Apple is tremendous in its own right and Android is essentially a Linux build) lol.