>After a decade of peace in the PA Crew, controversy strikes.
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>I'm finding my iPad 1 (the original) is dated, and am looking for another tablet.
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>I was going to get the newest iPad (or wait for iPad 5, later in the fall)
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>But alas, all is not well in PA Crew land. My partner in crime (big bad JB) thinks I should get a Microsoft surface tablet. And this has sparked the biggest controversy since we argued over how many wings to order at dinner a few months ago :)
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>Now, I don't use the tablet for development. I use it for the following:
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>- Web browsing and email
>- Calendar/scheduler and task list
>- Occasional document editing and spreadsheets
>- as a Portable DVD player (since it plays WMV files and has a 10 hour battery)
>- Netflix, and streaming most of what's on Verizon cable
>- Reading PDFs and reading Kindle books (there's a Kindle reader on it)
>- Listening to different Jazz internet radio stations
>- Twitter
>- Testing out music on iTunes
>- Reading magazines with specific subscriptions available on the iPad
>- Watching NFL Network (which has a great iPad app)
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>But more and more apps are coming out that use iOS6 or 7 - and the iPad 1 won't go beyond iOS 5. So - for anyone who owns recent tablets, given all this...which is the best to buy these days?

JB is pretty committed to the Microsoft version of events. If you like the iPad, get one and don't worry about what anyone thinks.