Report: 30% of netbook shoppers bought an iPad

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I already have a netbook running Linux. But it's time to upgrade. I was hoping for the iPad to replace it but it seems those functions won't be available on the iPad. Also, I'm having trouble finding a Netbook that comes with Linux now. They all seem to come with Windows so I will continue to hold off buying either for now.

I can't wait for my iPad...tomorrow i love you.

You know what's hilarious? The 12 inch netbooks. They should just scrap the idea and call them laptops. What ever happened to the idea of those 7 inch screen small affordable laptops called netbooks?

I had a nice HP Mini netbook, used it everywhere. Bought an iPad, didn't use the Mini for 2 solid weeks, sold it yesterday.

iPad + iTeleport is far greater a package than any netbook. There is simply no comparison. I remote home to my iMac to OS X and to a Parallels virtual running windows 7. It's like I'm sitting at my desk.

I couldn't imagine lugging around that netbook, waiting for it to maybe recover from lid shut... having to keep a power cord around, all the damn updates. ugh.

No comparison. iPad kills the netbook. Instant on, I'm so more productive, everything is done so much faster.

No brainer. I need a physical keyboard, and the ability to run full-featured productivity software instead of the neutered and half-baked iPad iWork apps (compared to the Mac version). Lugging around an iPad plus an external keyboard would just defeat the whole purpose of traveling light. Right now I have SN running on an MSI Wind, so it's sort of the best of both worlds.

Although I own 3 Macs, an iPhone and several iPods -- and I covet an iPad -- I bought a Windows Netbook precisely because... it runs Windows. You see, I need a Windows machine to run certain software that I need for my job. My main machine is a MBP, on which I do run Windows via VMWare Fusion for those needed programs, but I don't want to drag my beautiful $2000 machine onto dirty job sites (I do energy efficienty testing on houses under construction) so I bought a 'sacrificial' Netbook to do that job for me. If it gets dropped, dirty, dusty, etc., it's not as big a deal as it would be if it were my MBP. So, since the iPad doesn't run Windows there's a very legitimate use for a Netbook that an iPad can't meet.

Netbooks? iPfft! Cheap laptops with all the laptop baggage. Where's the gee or the whiz in any of them?

iPads. The magic is in the first two letters. All the Big New Tech Things from Apple start with iP.

I'd pick an iPad over a netbook every single time because I wouldn't ever consider a netbook for any serious work, so why sacrifice all the benefits I'd get from an iPad for a tiny laptop?

A tower is my computer of choice, but if I wanted to get work done on the road, I'd get a proper laptop. At LEAST 12", though I'd prefer 14"-15". Typing on a netbook is horrible, so that keyboard is mostly a waste – and I have tried them. Absolutely no software is made for it. Not a single game is optimized for a netbook screen or processor, and not a single piece of general Windows software was made with 7" in mind.

I find it ridiculous that people would call the iPad a toy when it actually does some things really well (unlike than a netbook). The only thing a netbook does better than a laptop is portability, but the iPad beats it out there too (can't use a netbook while standing up, lying down, or walking, hanging on something, touch screen is way better for kitchen too, where you can just wipe the screen instead of cleaning out a keyboard; waterproof sleeve and you could read in the tub).

I would have gotten a netbook to surf while watching tv, checking emails, playing games when I go on my cruise this year (very excited), listening to music, maybe some light surfing before bed. There is no way I'd pick a netbook over an iPad, now. They just don't make sense. They're really not the best for anything and I wouldn't recommend one unless Flash was a an absolute must (haven't come across a situation where it's been that huge problem for me, though I wouldn't hate if it was included on the iPad).

I have a notebook, a GigaByte touchscreen running Vista. It took *12* hours to do a fresh install and install all the updates from MSFW. I have an iPad and am enjoying it, although it's not perfect (it's heavy, for one). But I certainly would grab the iPad over the netbook to casually do something.