A word or two of caution is warranted and nobody seems to be giving it except me so here it is:

First, on the battery issue - my Music Pad Pro (MPP) took weeks of charging and discharging before it worked properly, despite all advise from Freehand. And the real downer about that is that EVERYTHING on the pad is routed through the battery circuit so even if you intend to use the AC adapter the MPP will not work AT ALL until the battery issue is resolved. If you want to spend money on a new MPP only to have to exercise the battery for two weeks before the unit will work, be my guest... maybe you'll have better luck than I did.

Second, the MPP's latest OS, v4.0.6, has lots of documented bugs and not one single service release has come out of Freehand this year. Read their forums if you want the details. I can't speak for the earlier OS's but v4 is an unwanted stepchild as of this moment.

Yes, the MPP will change the way you use sheet music on stage for the better and I wish I could be as enthusiastic about my MPP as Scott is. However Freehand has been less than honest about the battery issue and practically dead in the water when it comes to OS service updates. I hate supporting a company with my purchases and then wait for bug fixes, and wait, and wait, and...