Interview: Author Susan Orlean on her life with the iPad

08.08.2010

But I was really happy with it. And I was so happy not carrying a heavy laptop. It's not that iPads are so light. But I can keep it in my handbag. I think for women, they're great. Because I always have a handbag.

My husband wanted to get one, and he was sort of going back and forth. Because he doesn't carry a briefcase. He wasn't quite sure that he wanted to commit to having to carry something.

But I have a feeling that he'll end up getting one once he finds some briefcase kind of thing that he is comfortable using that's light, like briefcase ish rather than handbag ish. So it was great. I actually think that it is ideal for women and children.

Yeah. And when my son first saw it he said, "Ooh, it's a giant iPhone." And I have a lot of the same games that I do on my iPhone." And he said, "But it's better on the iPad because it's bigger."