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

[richardhutnik]

Soleron said:

richardhutnik said:

Soleron said:

Old world: People buy a stationary desktop and a portable laptop
New world: People buy a stationary laptop and a portable tablet

Tablets are now good enough for all life/entertainment uses that formerly needed a laptop. Serious work and long-session gaming will still be done on a PC.

Think of it in terms of devices that fulfill jobs for the customer rather than something winning and something losing.

Haven't consoles as dedicated gaming platforms supplanted PCs for long-term gaming needs?  As for serious work, as far as an office goes, I can see it.  But personal use?  What do people need now for serious work, outside of something that can run an office package?

There is nothing about consoles in this thread. The kind of gaming that is done on a PC now cannot be supplanted by tablets is my point.

What people need for 'serious work' is something with the ability to manage lots of files and inputs, multitask, and it be comfortable for them to spend 2+ hours in front of it. Not just office, but graphic design, sound engineering, programming, and personal finance.

What percentage of the population is going to be doing that?  The original article I posted showed concern that what was the PC isn't coming back.  Windows 8 failed to give it a boost, and there is talk about smart devices and so on, replacing what people have for computers now.  That is the concern.  Only one of the above is personal finance, but for most people, what is that besides doing taxes and checking one's financial portfolio or bank account?  A lot of this is done using a web.  The big difference would seem to be the keyboard, but tablets get those to.