Like most geeks I was underwhelmed after watching the iPad presentation and was disappointed that it uses the iPhone OS and not a lite version of Mac OS. But after reading this article and many others it is clear to me that using the closed off iPhone OS is a no brainier for this tablet.<p>The iPad does everything that my parents currently do on their computer without the annoyances of a PC. If you look at my parents desktop it is covered with miscellaneous files. They don't care how anything is stored. They only want to do simple tasks and have everything work.<p>The more I think about it, the more that I realise that the current user experience on a computer is not pleasant. Especially for my parents who don't want to have to worry about defragging and keeping virus protection up to date. This is where the iPad will excel. As Steve says "it just works".<p>However the locked down aspect of the apple system and the potential for a monopoly is worrying so I'm hopeful that that Android and Chrome OS will fit into this New World market.