It's also good for reading. I'd rather have my iPad than my laptop when I'm reading books and taking notes (some notes, if I were in school I'd still want my laptop for that tempo of note taking). I use it a lot at home and the only media that I play is music (with headphones) and then read a lot of books and such with it. Scrivener is pretty good on it for writing, but I don't have a keyboard for it anymore (my wireless keyboard got damaged in a move somehow, still not sure what happened). It's also nicer for tossing in my shoulder bag with a physical book and notebook than dragging around a laptop.