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I don't own any sort of tablet or ultrabook (eg. mac air) or e-reader (kindle) because I don't like throwing money around. What I want is:

- Read ebooks/pdfs - Browse the web - Work (a text editor and git)

Ideally I would also like to: - Download & watch videos/movies - Something to hook-up to my TV

There is nothing in the market that can do these things. I could get a Kindle for reading, an iPad for browsing the web, and an ultrabook for work. This device is something I would buy (assuming a reasonable price) but the one drawback I see is Windows. Maybe Windows nowadays is a lot better than before and maybe it'll give it a chance. It all depends on the pricing.

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> There is nothing in the market that can do these things.

Yes, there is... if that's the complete set of things. The iPad can do this.

ebooks/pdfs, browsing, videos, TV hookup - all there and straightforward.

text editor and git (GitHub, in this case): http://worqshop.com/

there are also other editors that have SFTP and SSH programs.

I'm not saying you should replace your current computer with an iPad. I'm saying that based on the list you've given here you could.

I'm not looking to replace my primary computer. I'm looking for a secondary device (one device, not 2 or 3) that can do a handful of things that I most often need.

The main reason I want to hook a device like that with my TV is so that I can download and watch movies (from torrents). AFAIK you cannot do that on the iPad. I'm I mistaken?

Yes, you are:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD098ZM/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

How does one get torrented movies onto the iPad?

How does one watch the movies? (which app?)

(Genuine questions, I'm curious and don't have one)

You use a real computer to download the torrent. Then you use a real computer to transcode the movie for your iDumb device. Then you use real computer with iTunes to upload the transcoded movie to your iDumb device (you can skip this step and stream the movie to the iDumb device from your real computer which surprisingly is not called iAirPlay).

Either that or you purchase the movie in iTunes on your iDumb device and watch it there.

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