Netbook or Ipad?

[Jayhawk]

So I'm starting to think about getting myself either a netbook or an iPad.  I am a college student and would like something that I could use to take notes and pull out and access the internet quickly.

I don't have much experience with touchscreens, and wonder if I could adapt enough to be able to effectively type quickly.  I've seen people type quickly on them and I bet I could adjust, but it's still a worry.  A netbook would be slightly cheaper, but probably at a lesser quality.  I'd say I'm leaning towards the iPad at this point, but its a few months away.

Any suggestions, comments?  Good netbooks?

Thanks

[Spikes]

Netbook for sure. Check out the Asus EEE. Good batt life.

[Krusty]

Ipad is a toy. An expensive one, but a toy.

You want to use it for real (i.e. practical) use, laptop or netbook may be the way to go.

[druski85]

Netbook.  The one Spikes recommended is a solid pick, we are using some for our international field staff at work.  

I previously thought the Ipad's only use was blending, (thanks to a previous BBS thread) but my friend corrected me today.  It also serves to occupy the family pets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9NP-AeKX40&feature=player_embedded
 

[Vulcan]

No true multitasking, no printing, no this no that.... say no to ipad

[Skuzzy]

The iPad is a joke.  Only an Apple zealot would actually waste the money on one.

[Chalenge]

iPad is purely for consumption. Unless Apple changes them in the future the only reason you might want one is if the school you are attending publishes books and course work for the iPad and you get a big discount on books that way. The problem I have with it is that you cannot use it to create anything. You cannot share anything either. If you use it to read comics for instance you miss out on the 'collecting' aspect and with books you cannot pass it on to your friends to read next. With what I spend on books every year it would take about five years to break even on the cost of an iPad and we dont even know if it would last that long. Odds are it would not.

[Ack-Ack]

The iPad is a joke.  Only an Apple zealot would actually waste the money on one.

big joke and it's made even funnier with the fact that Apple is actually touting it as a mobile gaming platform as well.

ack-ack

[Krusty]

Well it does have one un-sung purpose... Perhaps culinary schools will be a major source for Apple sales:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqFLYaIajc

[Spikes]

LOL Krusty.

Man, I bet Steve Jobs hates the comical aspect of his "genius design".

[Krusty]

Coming next year: The Apple kitchenware series! Looks great! Only lasts about a year before the insides fail. Requires 15 steps to initialze the blender, but once it blends it does so with excellent surround-sound quality, thanks to special harmonic forks placed inside the beaters.

(*WARRANTY VOID IF LIQUIDS OR FOODS TOUCH THE HARMONIC FORKS*)

[Spikes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE

Probably the funniest Apple joike to date.

[Jayhawk]

Haha, a pretty unanimous response (one for the books on these boards!).  Good to know, I honestly hadn't looked into either much but these responses are great.

Appreciate it 

[Spikes]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220652
More on the expensive side of netbooks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152163
If you want XP.

[Bino]

Try a netbook before you buy.  We have a couple of the little Intel Atom-based units at work (one from Dell and one from Acer), and compared to a real computer they are very, very slow.  Our users don't like them at all.  YMMV