2007 macbook or new ipad?

ok it has come down to two products. a new ipad 2 32 gb wifi or a used 2007 2.0GHZ macbook with leopard that is running very well. by the way we have a family desktop but to many people are on that all the time (my dad is a teacher so he does a lot of grading) So for that and a lot of other reasons I think it makes sense to get a laptop or ipad. By the way I am going into 9th grade. I just have a lot of good reasons to get each one but I just can't decide! I know most of you are gonna say "save your money" but I have been saving up and working for a while to get money and I know have enough that I can buy one of these and still have quite a lot left. Also saving my money is the reason I am not going to buy a new laptop.

I'd say it all depends on what you are going to be using it for mainly. I have both, a macbook and and ipad. If you want your devise to be good for student activities like typing papers and research, I would say you should just get the macbook. But, if you want to have fun, the ipad is awesome, tons of great apps,(my favorite right now is a photo editing app that I bought.)
However, if you are wanting it for social networking, I have to warn you facebook on the ipad kinda *****. For some reason, they don't yet have an HD version for ipad, so the best way to use facebook is with the facebook app for iphone... which means you have to magnify it and it looks like crap. Plus, it just doesn't work all the time.
So, like I said, consider the activities you plan to use it for the most and make you decision based on that.

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