I own one and I'm about as anti-Apple as they come. And I hate Steve Jobs! The truth is, the iPad apps and hardware work, and work well. Although I don't care for the Apple app approval system, it does ensure that apps work well with the iPad. Basically, the iPad has no true competition as Android is horrible and with absolutely no controls by Google the Android apps tend to be amateurish in design and function. Once Microsoft decides to embrace the tablet concept, it will be a different story. MS has a habit of coming to the party late, getting a very slow start, but then methodically improving their product until it beats the competition in sales. A true OS with file system, open apps platform, and support for standardized ports will make the iPad seem like an expensive toy. It won't happen soon, but in a few years I suspect there will be more open platform, MS OS based tablets than iPads. There is no way Apple can compete against a good tablet OS that will run on dozens of manufacturers hardware, support industry standard ports and accessories, and run apps they are already familiar with. Google cannot do this with Android, but MS can and eventually will. don't forget how many years it took MS to realize the internet actually existed, but once they did Netscape went down the drain.