Survey: Consumers are replacing other computers with iPad

I think some of you may be missing the point. Multiple computer households. I have two macs, and an iPad. We have decided that now we only need one mac. The iPad is sufficient to eliminate the "extra" comptuer, while still having a macbook to sync with and perform full-computing tasks with.

My iPad has replaced my netbook, not my PC.

With the exception of iWork for iPad, the iPad is largely a media consumption device. You won't find it a suitable replacement for an Apple laptop running OS X other than for the most superficial tasks. For instance, a programmer or web designer or even musician is not going to get enough out of it to get rid of their laptop. I really do hope that they build a 3G/4G modem into the next MacBook Pro and offer an excellent deal on mobile internet like they currently have for the iPad. That's what would be ideal for me.

It looks to me like Apple has pretty much given on OSX on laptops and desktops in order to be a mobile consumer electronics company.
I guess this is admission that they lost the Windows/OSX war.

Has anyone noticed that you can attach files to your emails? It never crossed my mind when I was using my iPhone. Of course you can send photos and things from an app, but I sure don't want to send three files in three separate emails to my client.

Ever since I got my iPad, I found myself looking at net books - sure the iPad is magical, but not very practical.

I can actually see myself doing something like this to an extent. The iPad is good for simple things, but I think I would only use it while away from home. I am simply too used to being able to multitask to be restricted to doing one thing at a time (as I type this, I have several tabs open on Firefox and I'm watching a Southpark on the other half of the monitor). It would be fine for simply taking notes, light browsing, and such when away from my laptop, though.

Until there are some really good "cloud" storage options (beyond MobileMe or DropBox) 64GB is not going to las long in a media rich environment. But for the day to day stuff I use a laptop for the iPad works just fine.

Within a week, I've stopped using my desktop. Once all my music and whatnot were synced , I just didn't need my desktop anymore. I'd rather do all the things I do with it in the living room than in my tiny office. The experience of interacting with my data on a device as truly elegant as this has almost completely dissolved the need for a desktop.

Sure, you need a computer to activate it, but in all reality, most people who are going to get an iPad already own a computer.

And given the choice between buying a laptop and an iPad, I would choose an iPad hands down. I've never owned just a laptop, it's always been a second device. And for the price, I'd rather my iPad because of the fact that a year from now I'm not going to be hassled by slowdown, my ipad will run just as fast day one as it will three years from now.

As Mikeheld said, the title was poorly worded.

My wife, daughter and I have five Macs in the house, some 7 years old and still working.

What it means is that while my wife still swears by her MacBook Pro (primarily due to her hooked-up extensive music system), my daughter and I will be using our iPads and forgoing our laptop model updates.

I just replaced my Alienware Area 51 ALX desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate with a brand new 64 GB 3G iPad. What a difference in speed. The iPad feels much faster. The iPad is twice as useful as the A51 is. The iPad does so much more that no wonder it's amazing and magical. The iPad boots up in an instant and saves on electricity. Forget about lugging the A51 around because it must weigh 40 pounds or so.

Windows desktops will be a thing of the past thanks to Apple and Steve Jobs. I urge everyone to toss out their Windows desktops and buy an iPad because they are the future of computing. Dell could never sell a million Area 51 desktops in a month. The consumer has voted for the iPad with their wallets. Goodbye, Windows, hello iPad.

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