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I have an HP Slate 500. It is a touch screen full Win 7 Pro machine. If you purchase a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, it can replace a netbook completely.

On the Tablet:

Dual Atom 1.8 GHz processors
2GB RAM
64GB Storage (SSD Drive)
Front and Rear Cameras (no flash)
USB Port
SD/SDHC/MMC card slot
WIFI-N

It comes with:
A case
A precision pointer
A docking station which has 2 more USB ports and an HDMI port for an external monitor

I've been using it for almost 2 months now and I've given away my old Netbook. It will do anything a Windows machine can do. I am presently running Office 2003, Quickbooks, Adobe Acrobat on the machine.

It works best if you setup the icons to be large and the fonts large. It connects well with my cellphone (WM6.5 HTC HD2) over bluetooth, WIFI or USB cable for 3G access. I use this on the sofa to surf and post a lot on Pelican. The on screen keyboard is pretty good. You can also use the pointer for handwriting. Or you can activate voice command sub-system and have it fully voice controlled (built into Win 7).

A 64GB iPad is much more limited and configured with the same options, higher in price. My Slate was $799. The iPad with accys is over $850.

I was considering getting my wife a Wifi only 16GB iPad, until I saw they were $499. The 64GB iPad is $699 without options.

It all depends on what you want to do with it. For me, it is my "goto" machine around the house and while traveling.