of course it will be both a consumer and professional device, but Apple just has a sure win for the device with a part of an industry that needs to get up to speed. This puts an end to the 'the world doesn't need a tablet' talk.
I agree with you. Though I would still say, the average consumer doesn't need a tablet. The UPS guy could use a tablet, you could use a tablet for grocery shopping at the super market, a mechanic could use it to diagnose a car...
but for reading the newspaper or surfing on your couch, I doubt that it's so much of an improvement over a notebook.