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Really? Can I ask the people who'll be using this rather than a netbook - what would YOU use a netbook for?
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Sure
I use mine basically as a glorified jukebox when I'm teaching (I am a French teacher). Each class has one day a week that is their dedicated French music day. I teach a new song (sometimes using a Powerpoint show running simultaneously, as an aid for the lyrics) and then we review songs they already know. I always finish with a sort video, usually a clip from a Disney song, all of which I download off YouTube for off-line viewing.
My big annoyance with the netbook is the time is takes to set up. It has a long boot time and then I have to find a plug for it because it won't last all day. Some of the classrooms don't have a very accessible plug either. And then I am carrying around the netbook and the power brick plus whatever else...
I don't see an iPad replacing my Kindle because I really use the dictionary (when I read in French) and the text to speech (commuting/at the gym). But I do see it replacing my netbook (for teaching) and instead of buying a new iPod Touch. I have been needing a new one because my first gen is starting to lose steam, but I've been putting it off because I don't really listen to music much and couldn't justify the money. This device might be my new 'instead on a new iPod' purchase.