Sorry AStro, I shouldn't have put two ideas in the one sentence. I know Android is Linux based and nothing to do with Microsoft. The comment about Microsoft was purely for their lower priced Tablet "Surface" which has Win 8 as an operating system. I don't care what they say, it still isn't a touch screen operating system. The one thing it has going for it is compatibility with other things MS and a USB port. But as someone else has commented it has that long format which makes it seem like it has less real estate space.
I am not averse to the Android platform (I have used Linux on desktops) I just haven't tried one yet. The iPad I love and would be lost without it, I have been around since punched cards and this is the first development to really excite me in a long time. General microcomputers have become a bid "Ho Hum" while I find the way the tablet changes the way you blend a computer - communication device into your life exciting. As they say the iPad "Just works".
