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I have a netbook and two tablets at home, and the netbook is superior to the tablet for actually doing any significant work. If you're an Apple/Mac user, you might find (and I have no idea) that the iPad is a good substitute for a laptop, but for me, netbook with Win7 beats by a very large margin a tablet with an Android OS. My netbook has all the useful programs that I need on a daily basis, including Office 2010, Quicken, 7-zip, picture editing, virus protection, and Chrome for webviewing. My tablet has rudimentary versions of a few office apps and just can't compete. And if budgets are an issue, consider this: a budget laptop can be bought at Walmart for under $300, a netbook is about the same price, an ereader is around $130, and a tablet with any significant storage can be $400 or more. And the storage capability on a tablet is a small fraction of what you find on a netbook or laptop. For the price of a really good tablet, you can buy a netbook and ereader and have good portability with either. Or a budget laptop and a Nook Color (which is just about equivalent to a tablet anyway).
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