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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I hope so, too. I would like to see the current generations of tablets as more of a "interim solution" because the hardware just isn't ready. And that, at some time in the not too distant future, tablets will be full fledged computers (while retaining all the advantages of tablets such as size, weight, battery life, and simplicity of operation), not just the media consumption machines they are right now. Call it the "post tablet" or "tablet PC" world when the categories merge again.
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Well, my first home PC was a 486DX running DOS/Windows 3.11. Every time I pick up a tablet or smartphone, I have a big ol' smile on my face thinking back to what was.
I betcha in 5 years we've got something pretty close to what you describe here. Fold out paper-thin keyboards that you can tuck away inside the machine when you don't need it etc... I'm only 1/2 the geek I used to be but that would be
