Will tablets eventually replace laptops? [SERIOUS]

[honeybee]

This scenario makes tables even more attractive than any average consumer can imagine.

For various reasons I don't think this will be mainstream in the next few years. Core infrastructure such as power and connectivity are still an issue for many regions. On top of that once the concept becomes a reality you are looking at migrating the corporates onto a cloud from where the tablets could access the various apps.

Yes, I would love to have a tablet which could run the same OS that I run on my laptop and desktop, so I don't have to learn new interfaces and new apps. I would also have the ability to write small scripts/productivity apps which I can port to any of these devices. I struggle to overcome these challenges today with so many technological platforms.

Oh, how I wish I had learnt Java!

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