I'm buying an iPad at the end of this month and I've recently found out some amazing apps on the iPad - one of them being Gusto (a Programming/Web development editor + FTP client in one) and using it for certain work that can be done on the iPad using Pages, surfing the Web, chatting to friends and will be able to use the iPad for going on IRC. I can see the iPad replacing a lot of what I do frequently on the computer because of some of the wide variety of apps available on the iPad App Store because of its large screen. Of course, the Gusto app won't replace heavy projects that require a lot of typing (and other stuff on a computer - after all, iPad is something in between a computer and a smartphone), but for doing small work or updating existing websites / projects / etc - it would come in handy and be fun at the same time. The only downside to the iPad is that it doesn't have a built-in camera which would of come in handy for chatting to friends...shame Apple didn't include one built-in as it would be a considerate replacement to a netbook - of course, it's a lot different to a netbook, but it would replace a lot of common things for a netbook. Surfing the web, apps, chatting, games, etc. The other thing is the lack of Flash - there's some Flash game online that I play frequently and it would work on the iPad if it had Flash, but obviously there's no Flash on the iPad. And I don't think the developer would make a version for the iPad or at least, an HTML5 friendly version which would work in Safari.