I’d suggest that the iPad will follow the typical Apple improvement curve. The original iPhone received a deal of criticism for sluggish performance and was soon upgraded to enable 3G before benefitting from a further performance hike to the 3Gs. The MacBook Air has received similar performance enhancements. And this is not confined to just Apple's hardware - Pages ‘09 for example, is an order of magnitude more capable than the initial iWorks version. Early adopters ultimately pay at both ends of the equation. A higher initial price coupled with below par performance. But the iPad will get better, and I will probably relent and buy one. At version 3 maybe...just not at version 1.