iPad4 or iPad3 have very high resolution 2048x1536 display.
If you have perfect or low degree near sided vision, you will see big
difference than your laptop(unless you have those close to $2000 mac pro
with retina display).
Several days back staples.com has Nook HD+ with 1920x1280 resolution 9"
tablet. It's a very good deal. It has high quality display for reading news,
books, PDF docs, and watching videos. I just got one, and installed
CM10 on a micro SD card. Now it is running like a regular Android tablet
with high quality display.