It's true, we use our iPad tablet nearly as much as our laptop these days. But while the iPad sees plenty of use, it's mostly for consumption rather than for creation, a charge most often levied against the utility/necessity of tablets today. Still, results of a survey released reveals nearly 50% of those surveyed predict a day when tablets will eclipse laptops...
Data for Poll Position survey asked 1,155 American adults whether they believe tablets would one day replace laptops as the go-to portable computer device, and a surprising 46% said "yes". One would assume the younger demographic would be supportive of this opinion, but it was actually the 30-64 demographic, the very same group which currently can afford tablets as secondary devices which see the value and future in tablet computing.
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my boss is convinced he can buy tablets to replace the laptops of people in the field, but as one of the guys in the office who has to use rendering and CAD software, I don't see it ever happening. there's no reasonable way to get the power he (and apparently others in his demographic) is expecting and maintain the battery life that makes tablets more delightful for travel.
It might be a while before we're able to competently run comp. heavy software with most of the heavy lifting done in "the cloud", but there's no real reason it can't be done and done via a tablet.
What interests me is going tablet + desktop for personal use instead of a powerful but mobile laptop for nearly twice the price. Best of both worlds, really.
My nearly six year old iBook is slowing to a crawl, can't run lots of programs, and gets heavy and cumbersome when traveling. I've considered getting an iPad (with a Bluetooth keyboard) as a replacement, but I'm still not sure if that will be adequate. (I have a iMac as my main computer, but as a freelance writer, I travel quite a bit for work and need computing mobility.) I have a friend, also a writer, who just got an iPad and uses it regularly for work and loves it. But I just don't see tablets replacing laptops anytime soon, and I guess that's why ultrabooks are all the rage these days.
not going to happen.. tablets are great for reading, playing games, updating status.. but anything that is data driven, coding, file transfers, and the like need much more tactile ability than tablets can provide... somewhere in the future? maybe.. but highly doubt it..
46% of people don't know what they're talking about