"The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather than a real computer as a kid, I’d never be a programmer today."<p>Laptops and desktops aren't going away. Everyone is blogging like the end of the hacker world is coming. Apple isn't forcing anyone to buy their products. Worse comes to worse you can just build a PC if you don't like the convenience of a great looking prison.