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To: Spekulatius who wrote (49355)	9/11/2012 10:13:58 PM
From: Windgoof	Respond to of 78774

I love reading on iPad, and doing light writing (e-mail, web). Kids love playing games on iPad. Rule is to have as many iPads as kids. So yes, they do take share from notebooks. That said, 13" ultra-books (air, etc) barely take more space nor are they much heavier than iPad. I tried spreadsheet on iPad, it is way too limited. Too many websites still use Flash (yahoo finance), so I usually fall back to air. Takes few seconds to wake up, little longer than iPad. Win8 is also supposed to boot in seconds also. I expected that ultra-books get really popular - but they haven't so far. Maybe when more of them get priced in $700-$800 range, sales will take off. Win8 will help, battery times are great, so is performance. Re Dell vs HPQ. I priced 14in ultra-book from HP and Dell today, they both have models for $700. Interesting that Dell can ship theirs next day, but for HP expected delivery is almost a month from today. wg