it's magical and revolutionary

haven't you always wished you could read email while you watch TV? No?

Okay bad example... well maybe there's some reason why you would want to watch TV on it, as you sit in front of your actual TV which will be turned off? No again?

But I'm SURE you want to play music on it, it's just like your regular mp3 player if that were the size of a baking tray. No?

...I've got nothing.

So, not used the latest Ubuntu then?

As an OS is really is pretty good. Most of the apps are pretty good too - the majority of people can easily use OpenOffice as an Office replacement. There are gaps - a decent video editor that doesn't crash would be good, but these things improve at a rate that would put Windows paid for development to shame.

As to good enough - my AP uses Ubuntu/OO etc and is getting on fine. He doesn't have to worry about viruses, and has all the apps he needs. So, yes, it is good enough, but, and this is the real killer, its getting better all the time.

I use Ubuntu, my other half uses Vista - she is constantly swearing at her almost new machine as it chugs along, constantly dropping network connections, locking up, or slowing to a crawl. I have one to two issues, but I know which I would rather be using.

How much are you prepared to pay?

Or how much time would you invest to work on something which fits your needs?

Gimp and Abiword work just fine for my retouching and letter writing needs, KDEs PIM has all I need for mail and calendaring and contact management. More than what Outlook has, like mail filters running on the server instead on the client.

And since we're talking tablets, where's Microsoft at the moment? Obviously not where consumers want it :)