Thanks guys! @plaifender - uhh....no This thing is amazing!!!
As for battery life I am currently getting close to 6 hours on a charge. Just simple browsing and such. Nothing too crazy. As for the comparison between this and the iPad. Well, the iPad (especially the new one) is pretty slick. I personally love having a keyboard and this thing only weighs a 1/2 pound more than the iPad2. It's about the same size when folded (maybe a bit thicker in the back end), but the fact that it is a complete, full featured computer is what sells it for me. The fact that I can do everything I can do on it's larger brother (15" i7 Macbook Pro with 8 GB RAM) is very impressive to me. Yes, it is slower, but it sure doesn't feel like it is. Especially when on the internet. It feels snappier on the internet than my Macbook Pro