I waited ages to change to the iPad fighting on with an old (ok 2 year old) Windows based laptop, my time online used to consist of waiting an age for the laptop to start/update/get online then it would crash after half an hour and you'd get to restart.... Changing to the iPad has been an excellent move, the stress levels have dropped to nothing ;-) I don't have to wait an age for it to start up, open the Snugg iPad 2 Leather Case Cover and Flip Stand with Elastic Hand Strap and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior (Black) - Automatically Wakes and Puts the iPad 2 to Sleep. Superior Quality Design as Featured in GQ Magazine. and the screen comes to life and you're online, switching between apps takes seconds and the multi-tasking option is great with a swipe of your fingers you switch between Internet - email - twitter etc. Yes, it's true that the iPad does not have flash, but then sites that are heavy on flash are often low on content ;-) seriously I've not missed flash at all yet. The screen size is big enough for comfortable browsing and I'm used to large monitors.