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I do see many people who have either already migrated to a tablet, or are planning to migrate to a tablet when they next replace their computers. The tablet, for them, is in fact replacing the laptop, but it doesn't replace their "real" computer. They're just getting a cheaper, more powerful desktop and using the tablet to replace most of what their laptop is used for.
To me this makes sense. I had a laptop because it was portable, but I always did most of my work on my desktop while the laptop got used for web browsing, chatting, email, and other simple tasks it was way too powerful for. The benefits of the laptop are lost to me now as tablets get better at replacing the everyday computing people do while not at their desks.
Of course, laptops and portable "real" computers will never be dead, but it's easy to see from the way people around me (and myself) are adopting new technology that the laptop will largely be replaced by a desktop/tablet combo... at least until some new form factor arrives to replace it.
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