Last post from me on this subject:

I unbiasedly asked sheree about which she would prefer before this whole discussion and she said she wasn't interested. She can make up her own mind, and she's definately not afraid to go against me.

As for your rhetorical questions, this iPad definately has uses.

Nancy - Neither cause she'd lose them either way

Mommy - Laptop, cause she likes to type and no matter how big the KB is, it's a touch screen and therefore not as good as a real KB

Daddy - Toss up. probably a desktop, cause he'd want to listen to his portuguese radio while surfing the web, but wouldn't be able to