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You have obviously never spent much time with a tablet. To each his own, but --

When standing, you anchor the tablet near your elbow joint. It gets tiring after a while, but half hour is no problem. And usually you don't need to hold it for that long. For those who do, there are specialized and/or detachable ones that come in at less than 2kg; the HP TC1100 is very usable for this.

I have been a hybrid user for the last 3 years. I used to own an Intuos. There is no comparison, and I am not looking back. In some cases it brings probably a 10x increase in productivity. Why? Wrist movement vs finger movement, indirect visual feedback vs direct visual feedback. In fact, this efficiency has been critical for meeting the deadline for a research project I am on.

I am so tablet-happy that I will use Vista or whateverthecrap M$ sells me so long as it is the most tablet friendly OS (and it is). But I'm waiting for Apple to make one! The Modbook doens't cut it. Expensive as hell and no keyboard all for this "this is what we think is best, eat it" attitude (which, no offense intended, seems to be a very Appley attitude).

Anyhow, a 10" Mac tablet isn't all that appealing to me because it will be quite useless for serious tablet work. But if they have something 12"+ with a stylus, I will buy one the very day it comes out.