I find the laptop more useful, but do have a ipad I use for some things.

For the OP, I would go for the Laptop and then spend $35( on sale now) for a kindle from amazon and see if you see any use in the tablet. The cheap kindle isn't an Ipad, but if you like it you can put a real tablet on the wish list.

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