It all depends on what you want to do, I bought an iPad 2 and absolutely love it, but it does not have flash player,runs on safari and no usb ports so it can be a bit limiting. If you need to use for producing reports or loads of typing then a laptop would be better than using the iPad keyboard.
I very rarely use our laptop now because I am normally just browsing the net, when I do any college work I use the laptop, but i much prefer the ipad
Infact I a typing this on it know.
Herald
Ps iPads don't like to be dropped either