I'm just curious; how can you recommend it to family/friends looking for a computer, since currently you still need an extra machine to sync the iPad to? Is it that they have a desktop and wanted a laptop?
You can just have them sync or activate it at an Apple store. You really don't need to do it again after that. OS updates would be out of reach, though, which are important. I'm still not sure why Apple tied the iPad to an iTunes install. It's such a brilliant device (wife and I love our 32gb wifi model) but this is a serious flaw.
I can't really recommend it to people as a computer because there's quite a bit that it simply can't do. Even if I limit it to simply internet access I still come across sites where I can't book something/choose a date because the JS doesn't work. That'd be a real shitter if it was your only computer.
