Title: "I know it's awesome, but the iPad is inherently device meant for consuming, not producing. By getting the iPad you'll spend more time consuming and less time producing."<p>This hit me hard. I met my friend over beers yesterday. Ever since he said this, it clicked, and I've been afraid to use the iPad. I'm considering returning it.<p>I thought back: Shit, he's right. While I've put some books &#38; iTunesU videos, I've barely done anything useful with it.<p>What does YC think? Obviously this clicks more for YC folks than the average consumer.<p>Edit: Of course you <i>can</i> use it for useful things. I’m saying my personal usage so far has been anything but productive. Having the iPad on and NOT using it to browse the web/flipboard/etc is incredibly hard.  Something even PG struggles with: www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html
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