I have the ipad 1 and the keyboard stand. My only complaint with it is the same with all laptops - you are sort of scrunched in when typing and so for long periods its hard on the back and neck in terms of posture. But It would be easier with the keyboard to really type correctly, ipad and iphone have rather annoying spelling corrections which cannot be unlearned or changed. But if DS is already using a laptop and is used to that, this will be a huge improvement in terms of weight. It is much much lighter. I only find it gets heavy when reading a book, kindle weight its not. I absolutely want the 2 for the weight reason. I would go to the apple store and check it out.

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