Out with the ipad.. in with the Asus eee transformer

A few months ago, just when iPad2 was released - I went and bought a refurb ipad v1 wifi 16GB. The things that I imagine I will need/want in a tablet are:

1) instant on. It’s always a bit annoying waiting for a laptop to boot up when you want to look something up on the internet

2) web browsing

3) playing videos.. when my wife is watching some crap reality cooking show

So after a few months of playing around, I have decided that although the ipad is definitely a quality device… browsing on an ipad isn’t as good as a pc.. and getting videos onto the ipad was just a pain. 

In regard to videos.. i had to either re-encode or use a streaming server. I’m pretty techy and I can handle this… but I just don’t want to. I also really dislike having to use itunes to get stuff on to the device!

In the end I sold the ipad and recently bought an Asus eee transformer. I quite like it! It doesn’t solve the “not quite as good browsing” .. but the video and file sharing situation is heaps better.

Strangely, I am finding that I always use the thing with it’s keyboard. So I wonder if I can find an instant on netbook? Netbooks are cheaper too :)