What is going to kill of tablets and cause a return to PCs?

[Chark]

superchunk said:

Chark said:

The difference would be in OS function. Hence I think:

MS Surface RT = Tablet

MS Surface Pro = PC tablet

That logic makes no sense.

A tablet is based on its design, not OS.

Your difference is more like "netbook" vs "laptop".

However, your logic of one OS winning out to other is flawed too as iOS, Android, and Win8 are all converging on the same basic idea. Notice MS is moving to a digital store and pushing software there. I'll all be various OSs with their own proprietary stores and no disc drives eventually.

Tablets will replace everyone's PCs as the design just makes more sense and voice dictation, touch and virtual keyboards will permanently replace the need for a kb/ms.

The path is clear, the time frame is not. Everyone bitches about ChromeOS not being enough or crappy, yet they fail to realize that is all people want/need in most cases and that is where the industry is moving. Network/server based vs client based.

Just look at WiiU and PS4. WiiU is almost entirely web based services. Its the reason its OS is slow and requires refinement. PS4 is largely being designed with Gaikai services and streaming in mind. Vita is being positioned as that streaming device and essentially an accessory to PS4. MS will do the same.

I know I may never build another PC. I like the laptop design, so I'll likely just go with Chromebooks. My home use requires nothing Windows or Mac would allow that ChromeOS cannot. Thus $250 laptop is >>>>>>> to WinMac anything.

However, if Win/Mac had a $250 hybrid, I'd get that as I'd want to have the choice of tablet or laptop design. Maybe, ChromeOS or Android will do that first.

Where did you pull those ideas out of my post? One OS winning? Though true, tablets are actually a type of computer, a laptop with a screen on it instead of attached with a hinge, getting rid of the keyboard in favor of touch. Now attached keyboard covers are the solution to that elimination, while keeping the other. The biggest trespass of the creation of these devices over the laptop which was the original portable computer, is the restricted proprietary OS that only operates applications. That has changed though and hardware power has expanded to compete with laptops.