Don't blame iPad for PC sales stagnation, says NPD

It seems to me that the questions asked missed the point.
In our family we now have 3 ipads. Our old Windows XP PC is only used for quicken and I see no reason to replace or upgrade it.
No we never considered buying a PC instead of an iPad, however judging by the way we use the iPads, we would almost certainly have purchased at least one maybe 2 more laptops if the iPad had not existed.
How do you count that?

That's the PC's problem, maybe if they kept up with the times, had faster processing systems and were more compact and transportable they would still be a hot selling item but instead they are just lagging behind Apple's ever growing and innovative company.
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It sounds to me like your main claim contradicts the study. If 14% of purchasers of iPads would have bought a computer instead, then doesn't that mean that it *did* eat into computer sales? If 10 million people bought iPads, and 1.4 million of them would have bought PC sales, and if PC sales fell by about a million (according to the link in the post) then it looks like iPads really do explain the decline.

NPD is wrong!

I bought a netbook ( asus 701) and despite all the hype it sucked and would never buy one again. The iPhone does more than my netbook could do as for the iPad2 well simply nothing can touch it.

Most of my netbook-owning friends (and myself) had no intention of buying a netbook either, as they didn't exist. Once we saw how small & light & cheap they were, we bought them.

Fast forward a couple years: Swap iPad into the same "didn't need it till we saw it in action" role, only better.

(my netbook never got used as much as I thought it would, but my girlfriend's iPad has *replaced* her computer. (almost--damn iTunes syncing)).

The tough thing about this argument is that most customers don't have the discretionary income that they can easily afford to have both. Surely, the iPad is pumping money into the technology industry that would have otherwise not been spent on a technology product, but for the average person there is some sacrifice being made to purchase a $500+ product. I personally prefer the iPad over a netbook because the keyboard and touchpad are so crammed together on netbooks that they are cumbersome to use. I also like the iPad's long battery life which even though I haven't necessarily needed it, there's still that peace of mind that I can use the thing for several hours without having to worry about the battery running down. The one area where I think netbooks would be preferable is writing/editing documents because you have a keyboard. Programming doesn't work on either because you need screen real estate.

What font are you using in the bubble?

"More than 75% of iPad owners told NPD they bought the device with no intention of buying anything else"

I think that statement should be caveated by the question... If the iPad did not exist, would these same people not have purchased a computer instead?

For quick browsing, nothing beats an iPad (or any tablet really). Instant on, the browser's fast, it's super light, super small and the battery lasts a LONG effing time. The closest full system that could come close to comparing is the MBA, which starts at 2x the cheapest iPad. For basic tasks like web, e-mail, FB, and even video chat, there's pretty much no reason not to hit up a tablet. The pick-up/put-down nature is untouchable, even compared to instant-on notebooks.