I helped with this trend. I think they are really great devices for just about anything. I bought two tablets in the past two months, one 7" and one 10". They don't have a sim chip or anything. One I use regularly for sketching and taking notes (it has pressure pen support)
They stay by my bed and the 10" stays in a dock. Gets carried with me around the house all day for music and videos. It's docked at my computer right now... I take one to the bath so I can listen to music/podcasts... sometimes listen to IGN podcasts while bathing.
On the other hand, I have a laptop that still handles Photoshop very well and I have a portable tab that I can still paint on it... but God it is heavy, it's an HP that likes to overheat too. I hate having to hook it up, unhook it up, put everything away... but when I get sick, it's near my bed. Or when I go to repair friend's computers and have to look up/download anything over 4G/wifi...
In short, I have a monster desktop with dual screen. I have a middle of the road laptop that has 7, does what it needs to do. And then I have tablets which I use more than those... this forum look and works pretty well on it aside from a few quirks here and there.
And I mean, tablets are really affordable compared to a high end gaming laptop. Not to mention, the battery is awesome with everything you can do. I don't see me replacing my 10" in a few years and I paid $450 for it. If they come out with one with much more fluid Wacom support in it, I'll considering jumping on that, but I'm not upgrading for a few years if I can help it.
