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Originally Posted by hrosvit
Just not all the powerful software tools. As long as there are pieces of software being written only for Windows machines, an Android or iOS tablet will not suffice.
Or, for that matter, Mac and Windows machines. Because there is software which can be installed on either of those, but not iOS or Android.
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Panta rhei. There was a time when a wintel machine was almost exclusive platform for any software, but those days are (almost) gone. The major attack on (any exclusive) platform came from web-delivered services and the cloud, what followed were scripting solutions (see Calibre or Eclipse).
The basic (semiconductor) technology shows no signs of hitting any limits, and what is considered slow or inefficient today might easily be acceptable solution in the future.
The downfall of "expensive software" strategy is NOT the better product offered by the competition, it is the product that is "good enough" offered at a (considerably) lower price.