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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5346623" data-attributes="member: 21076">Netbooks sold 4.8 million the first quarter of this year and they are on the downward trend already.  The computing world changes very fast, I'm willing to wait just a bit more to see where it seems like it will stabilize so that I have a device that has some length of support to it.  Plus the iPad has a few things that don't have me quite ready to pry $500 out of my wallet.  No USB ports or SD slots.  Tied into Apple's ecosystem, etc. Granted they are getting multi-tasking and printing in November, but again - I'm not ready to pry loose of $500 while the platform matures.  I already have more than enough computers in various form factors that I can tide myself over to see where this tablet market settles.As I said before, I do think the tablet in its current form is cool.  I just think the next year or so will show a lot of improvements both in Apple's line and as their competitors catch up.  So I feel like spending the money now will leave me with a device that is inferior in a year - even if in a year it is another iPad version that made the generation 1 version inferior.</blockquote>