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BobJanova4-Mar-14 23:00
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A tablet is a PC, just boxed differently and preloaded with different software. We're already seeing crossover machines being sold.

The traditional PC (desktop and laptop) will certainly survive for software developers and gamers, neither of whom is well serviced by tablet hardware or ergonomics. A lot of other office work (secretaries, HR, admin, accounting, writing, using CAD etc) also needs something with a big screen on a desk and a keyboard and mouse – which is basically a definition of a PC.

So I agree, what we think of as a PC is likely to stick around for a long time. It may be that some of those machines are internally more like tablets are today (i.e. ARM based Linux distros with more phone-like interfaces), but they will still essentially be PCs.
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