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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.




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