He is probably just trying to hook you in buying the iPad. The macbook pro is not only more powerful however you compare it, it is way more functional. I mean alot more hard drive space, you can perform complex application, and portable. If you compare processing muscle, the ipad is easily disgraced. I mean the ipad isn't even dual core.
THE TRUTH: there is no chance apple will make the ipad more powerful than the macbook pro, why? because they don't want any of their products to cut on each other's sales. I can't people believed the starting price of the ipad would be around $999 Us. I mean that would deeply cut into the white macbook's sales. They want each product to have an equal chance at selling.