Keeping an eye on university campuses will probably help to determine whether laptops will go away or not. Workplaces move slow and tend to stick with whatever

Keeping an eye on university campuses will probably help to determine whether laptops will go away or not. Workplaces move slow and tend to stick with whatever is currently working, but each freshman year at uni gives an opportunity to see where trends are going. Laptops have been pretty much a requirement for all incoming freshmen over the past 15 years, if more students are switching exclusively to tablets, that might reflect into the general population as well over time.