I strongly think this is the future we're heading at.

Especially with the new iOS 11 changes. I mean, the only thing keeping me from using an iPad for everyday use is I can't do any code in it.

Aside from that, everybody is already using their phones more than their desktops, and even when they do use their desktops, it's to access the slightly uglier version of Youtube on Chrome...

Probable future will be entreprise and schools using Chromiums/Windows 10 (very closed platform, but that's not a bad thing), and iPad/iPhone (or not iOS) for every other use.

Tablet sales sputtered and people quit talking about this. They're horrible for trying to do productive work.

Outside of certain kinds of work, but especially as an every day sort of casual home computer? It actually works great already. And with the new stuff in iOS 11 it will be even better.

You have to try it for a while to get used to it and sort of understand how to do it since it's slightly different… But it works SURPRISINGLY well. And the amazing size/weight/battery life of an iPad as well as the cost relative to most Apple laptops makes it attractive.

Yeah, but it's become clear that the PC isn't going anywhere at this point, and why should it, given the miserable experience of trying to do real work on a tablet?

People use PCs for more than 'work'. And even when you're in 'work' for a lot of desk jobs it works just fine with the keyboard attachment.

Since I got a good iPad I really do rarely touch my Mac at home. Mostly for games that aren't on consoles.

I'm not sure why people are so hostile to iPads. For what a TON of people use computers for they are easily past 'good enough'.

I'm not hostile to iPads per se, but I think at this point we have to acknowledge that the supposed revolution where people would never buy PCs anymore because of tablets never materialized. It's another category with a somewhat narrower niche and it works great for some tasks, but not for others.

Also, phablets have eaten into some of the demand for them.