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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Exactly.
Three years is an eternity in the computing world, to say nothing of five.
In that time Intel got serious about mobile processors (the current Atoms are really good SOCs, to say nothing of the newest Core CPUs; you can get a tablet with a Core i7!), Microsoft matured Azure and refined its mobile message, and now they got Win10 out the door.
It's a whole different environment.
And the devices are entirely different.
MS started Surface to prod their OEMs out of their slacker designs and they've general succeeded. Quality has gone up and the crapware is starting to vanish, especially with MS selling the Signature Editions to make the point that people prefer clean Windows.
Like with everything else, there will still be tablet users out there but the whole tablets will kill laptops meme is on the way out the door.
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I think that tablets killing the laptops meme was always bogus. I have both a laptop and a tablet because both units fit different use cases. I tend to agree with the previous poster that there will be niches for many different form factors and designs. The question is how big is the niche. The major problem with the tablet convertable and Windows 8 is that in trying to design a user interface that worked with a tablet and laptop, Microsoft designed one that frustrated many, many users. I would be surprised if Windows 10 solves that particular problem. Having to move your hands from the keyboard to the screen and back is a big, big issue.