Just some thoughts...
My son who will be starting college in the fall just sold his blackbook and bought an imac and is ready to buy a 32GB Ipad 3G. When he was making these plans I thought it was a mistake.
However, at this point it seems my son has this figured out. For his college life to take a device into the classroom, the ipad more than fits the bill much more so than the macbook. It is lighter, less obtrusive, has the potential to have his school books on it and will be more than he needs to take notes, check email, use his calendar, etc... When he needs a "real" computer - he has his beautiful 22" imac in the dorm.
I believe the ipad is a game changer in this respect and the college crowd will make this product a huge success, not to mention all of the other groups that will latch onto this for many of the same reasons.
For myself, I have a new macbook pro which I use between home and my office. Love it, however I have never found myself really using it when I go out to a coffee shop etc. as I have used my iphone for web browsing or checking email. I just felt the macbook was a bit too much for that while out.
Now, after seeing the videos and learning more about the ipad I can see where I would enjoy this device for my mobile uses as the iphone is just so small. The e-reader is also something that would be great at home and on the road, as I had been kicking around buying a kindle. Not now.
For trips this will be my go to device, and I can always pack my macbook pro if I feel I will need to do any extensive work - even though I think maybe not so much.
The beauty of the ipad IS in it's simplicity, not what is lacks such as flash and multitasking (which is coming), Change is coming... and it is good.
