I have an I-Pad and love it, and recently converted my die-hard laptop using husband to an I-Pad and he can't believe how wonderful it is.
They're easy to use.
Tons and tons of app's - including lots of free app's.
And the best part I think is that because all the App's have to use Apple's software and loaded on Apple's website (I-tunes), their apps are currently safer than a lot of the android based apps.
I am slowly converting everything I have to an Apple based product. When this PC dies ... it's going to be replaced by a Mac. I've had it with PC products.