What would get me to buy an iPad

Being able to use the iPad as a second Monitor with my Macbook. I know there are a few apps that allow this through screen sharing over wifi, but that is kludgy, requires infrastructure, and is slow. I am talking about a display port connection to the iPad so I can use it just like a second monitor without wifi, etc, or toggle it to use it as an iPad. That would make it a no-brainer purchase for me. Icing on the cake would be a front facing camera for facetime or iChat services (although that is not a requirement since I already have that on my Macbook (iChat) and iPhone 4 (facetime)).

The iPad is far from being slow.
Bare bones, I think the ipads in the Apple store only have the bare bone apps installed. After you purchase the iPad you load it with apps that suit your needs. My iPad is far from being bare bones. In fact it has more apps on it than my desktop computer... I can be more productive on my iPad in a lot of different areas compared to my desktop computer. Of course my desktop computer is setup for video editing. Something that my iPad can't do or ever compete with.
You should give the iPad another try...

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