Why on earth do you need an Ipad?

Well I have two apple products, my precious phone and my extremely reliable macbook. Useful and sleek products, but an Ipad? I have tried it a few times and it feels like a stripped down laptop. It can't view flash (come on apple!) your wrist get tired quickly as it is rather heavy and typing on the touch keyboard isn't exactly convenient. Ah well I will skip the first generation of pads and continue to use my highly functional laptop. Thank you very much