Yeah, it work the same as Chrome or FireFox

its just as good or better than my computer. I used to have trouble with playing youtube vids, but its fixed now - typed from wii u

buy a external hdd for the wiiu, i think u will need it alot sooner. if u dont have one already

only if he goes 100% digital. 

Not unless you plan 100% digital or buying a shit ton on eshop.

32 Gigs for just save data / patches / VC games is fine.

It also read PDF documents. In case there is a gaming guide on that format you can watch it on the gamepad while pausing the game!!!

@_crazy_man>, i always plan ahead. i own (2) tb hdd's, total 4tb's for my wiiu. i am sure some eshop games i want down the road will require more ample space that the 25gb after updates the wiiu deluxe gives u. plus remember nintendo has said they will bring gamecube games onto the virtual console in time, so at 1gb plus per game, space will add up quicker than u realize.

Not quite, but that's a good comparison. I actually preferred the Opera-ran browser that was on the Wii

Wii U browser is way way way more better than Wii browser

Also, beware - for surround sound, Wii U only supports the free codec that is LPCM