What are kids usin' these days for class laptops?

[Jake]

see i find myself using my phone more then the laptops. i'd just like a bigger screen

I like the 10" screen on the iPad. It's great for reading PDFs of shop manuals for the cars, way easier than a traditional laptop to zoom in for detail and the like. The UI is great... I played around with a Xoom and was very unimpressed. Although I've heard the new stuff (Galaxy w/Gingerbread?) is more tablet-y, versus the Xoom's version of Android being more or less scaled up from the phones.

Coming from a job where I stare at computer screens all day, it's nice to get away from a laptop and have a tablet for quick news checking, Facebooking, MMing, etc.

My iPad has no music on it, or photos really. The integration with iStuffs on my computer is a pretty moot point. It's stupid as a music player.

Would I have bought an iPad? Ehh. Maybe. Mine was won in a contest so I saved the $500 or whatever. I'd say it's worth the investment if you can find a used/refurb'd iPad 1 for a decent deal. The 2's are a bit faster but they didn't improve screen resolution so IMO there's no reason to upgrade based on my admittedly limited usage.

I still don't think the Android OS is polished compared to iOS. It works well, mostly, but as an overall package (of hardware + software) I haven't found an Android combo that's made me say "wow" yet.