Two of the biggest questions/complaints I get is "why can't I use Microsoft Office on the iPad?" and "I like Windows, why can't it be like Windows?"
(yes, I do get both questions, repeatedly, I have yet to convert all the masses)
As a devout Mac guy my answer is "why would you want too?"
(yes, I hate it when people answer a question with a question but in this case I feel it's warranted).
The biggest issue I see with iPad adoption is users wanting to replicate their traditional computing environment ion the iPad. As any seasoned iPad user will tell you, that is not possible. But that same iPad guru will tell you it's better that way.
Word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, all the Microsoft Office platforms can be used within the native iPad environment with specific iPad app, but for those users who are insistant on mimicking the Windows environment there is OnLive Desktop...
... OnLive Desktop is a free app which will essentially open a Windows 7 desktop:
(iPad OnLive app screenshots)
You can run Word, Excel, or Powerpoint as if you were on a full Windows system:
(iPad OnLive app screenshot)
The Pluses:
- Windows 7 environment, for those tied to that look & feel
- Full use of desktop Word, Excel, Powerpoint
- Free
The Cons:
- Windows 7 environment - it's an iPad, the iOS app environment works so well why would you want to run an emulated Windows system on such a brilliant device?
- No Internet Explorer - if I am going to use my iPad to run a Windows OS the least they can do is allow me to surf the web with IE in order to view those last bastions of web antiquity (ie: the NYCDOE web applications that only get programed for IE)
- Only saves to OnLive - files.onlive.com - no Dropbox (or any other cloud service) integration as their online & storage access is where they pinch you for $$
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