The keyboard strikes me as being a one-finger typing arrangement, even though it's a hell of a lot easier than typing on the iPhone. I don't doubt there will be some tech-geek-writers who use it happily to write and edit, but I'm not one of them.

As for that "need" thing, well.... I don't know if I viewed it as a "need" when I ordered it, unless I was rationalizing the purchase. Now that it's around the house I view it even more strongly as a "want" and one I could probably have lived without, although it's getting a lot of use by the family--mostly the kids.

I was fairly skeptical of a stripped down version of iWork and don't plan to buy it.

I know Jobs et al said it was "magical" and "would change everything" but I felt that was bullshit then and think it's bullshit now. But it's a fun toy.

Oh, and I'll add one thing. This sucker is blazingly, blazingly fast. I'm stunned how fast the processor is. There's a lot of horsepower under the hood on this thing.