Comment Re:Greed (here) is good (Score 1) 193
I like macs but not platform dependence - my kid *had* to run windows software. I wouldn't want iPad dependence, either.
I think, though, that there is a case to be made for color, real wireless, and meaningful performance. Most of the added stuff for textbooks, animations and so on, don't do a whole lot, but color adds very meaningful and sometimes essential "bandwidth" (for example, an article on color blindness). Presumably you'll be able to get all that for $50 in a few years. $500 isn't even terrible. Oh, and a reasonably big screen! We have a B&W Nook, and a color one, which are fun and nice but not good enough as browsers, which i consider the relevant format not the classic trade paperback.
Theft on iPods and 'Phones (my son lost his 4S) is huge here. I haven't heard much about the computers. A mom tells me the iPads are not allowed to go home. She hasn't heard of thefts