IMO, absolutely. But I am not you. You need to decide for yourself. That super crisp text it offers on everything you see is just an instant winner for me, but I read a LOT. Almost everything you do on an tablet is screen based, so the extra resolution is a big deal. Frankly, now when I look at any screen, whether it be phone, PC, laptop, or whatever, it gets compared to the screen on the new iPad.
But what does it matter what I think when you may see the entire thing differently. If you go to an Apple store, as suggested, you will notice that the screen on the iPad blows away everything else in the store, not just because of the readability, but also because of the size of the display. When I went with my girlfriend, they had a new iPad next to all of the products. It make the computer displays really look sad. One could instantly see the difference.