the fog of passion and romance have clouded the razor-sharp Althouse judgment? I have the feeling that the iPad may turn out to be like the "male purse." Theoretically useful and presumptively hip, but incompatible with how we actually like to live and work. I suggest that you try putting Kindle software on your laptop or netbook. That works beautifully for me. The laptop functions as a bookholder while reading, it already has a lovely keyboard, I can easily switch among activities, and I have everything in one place. I think it will become my primary bedside device. It's much more convenient to deal with then the big "L" of a notebook, the screen is useable at a larger number of angles than your MacBook, and web browsing is superb. And I can nearly type at full speed now, although apostrophes are a pain. I love the thing as a web browser, and while I'm sure other devices and tablets will follow suit I really like the beauty for beauty's sake themes that have shown up in such apps as the Weather HD app (with its gratuitous use of spinning windmills above fields of grain) I love Apple hardware, but I dislike (1) the inadequacies of their various operating systems, (2) Apple's high prices, and (3) the often foolish zeal that Apple has managed to cultivate in its users. The Mac has something like 5% of the market for desktops and notebooks, yet because nearly all journalists use it, we've