I use my iPad heavily for consuming (books, movies, etc...) include watching videos for the Stanford classes I'm doing. I use my laptop to create. The two work

I use my iPad heavily for consuming (books, movies, etc...) include watching videos for the Stanford classes I'm doing. I use my laptop to create. The two work harmoniously - I can consume (i.e. I have a copy of The C Programming language on the iPad) while creating to feed the cycle. Works well for me.