@xxdesmus: I was really disappointed when I held it that it wasn't as thin as it's been made out. I didn't think it was thin at all really, and it still feels too heavy for my liking.

@Giggity: I'm intrigued that you find Android PC-like?

@markclassic: Who are these people watching movies on their tablets all the time? I just surf the damn web on mine.

@Serolf Divad: Agreed. HP have been bright enough to see this. I'm not convinced 4:3 wouldn't even be better in a 7".

Auto-adding to Gtalk is a whole different kettle of muck, I think.

On my iPhone I've managed to do it so only the 'My Contacts' group gets sync'd... but I'm damned if I can remember how. There, that's helpful, isn't it.

PC sales in 2010: about 350 million, I believe. Gartner's prediction for 2012: 440 million.

The medical professionals market is, by definition, a very small proportion of the potential tablet market, yes. The potential tablet market is basically 'everyone on earth who can scrape together $200.' And at least half those people will own more than one. The PC market just exploded in size: I'm afraid your doctors…

Ha. Sorry only just saw this. Well look, of course there are lots of features the iPad doesn't have that it should have - Christ, better notifications, for one thing. But I think there's a bit of a genuine concensus out there that the iPad is selling so well - including to some people who don't even have a computer,…

I'm talking about the new version of PhotoShop which is by all accounts far closer to par with the desktop.

I think the issue is your use of 'we'. 'MS Office, basic eDrawings with 3D, Draftsight and be able to log into an enterprise domain... ' describes the needs of a pretty small number of even advanced users.

Why are tablets only of use if they're portable? What about, say, reading websites on the sofa? In the bath? Games? Doodling with your finger?

Oh, come on. The iPad has iMovie, will soon have PhotoShop, word processors, spreadsheets. Of course there's a bunch of high-end stuff it can't do, but lots of people never need to do all that stuff.

There's something vaguely offensive about the way you keep saying millions of people are 'brainwashed'. They're not: they're being realistic about what they need. You like having a powerful computer, and you do a lot of stuff that requires one. Other people? Not so much. Their priority is ease of use, instant-on,…

Macs work with two-button mouses, but come with a one-button mouse (in fact come with a buttonless trackpad these days) and Mac OS is still very much designed for one-button (or no-button) use. This is an incredibly well known fact.

Right. If Windows 7 tablets were no heavier or more expensive than Android or Apple tablets, and had a touch-friendly interface focused on swiping between panels or full-screen apps rather than manipulating Windows, they'd sell like hot-cakes. But guess what? They'd be Windows 8 tablets.

I think you're confusing 'anyone who comments on Gizmodo' with 'anyone out there in the real world.' Doesn't the fact that Apple sold more iPads last year than all its Mac products put together suggest people couldn't give a &$^%&^$£ about it not having Mac OS?

This is about the first interesting thing I've heard anyone say in this debate for about six months.

That's a pretty huge drawback though.

Those casual users you can barely hide your contempt for? There's a looooooot of money in those users.