Well, Alan Kay expected computer literacy to become mainstream, or more accurately for computers to become easy enough for everyone to use. He was one of the dr

Well, Alan Kay expected computer literacy to become mainstream, or more accurately for computers to become easy enough for everyone to use. He was one of the driving forces behind the Xerox Alto. His 1972 paper on the Dynabook basically describes a vision of the modern laptop or tablet computer. (Starting around page 6, he describes exactly what technology improvements would be necessary, which is pretty interesting.) The Xerox Alto was the "Interim Dynabook", a system to try out his personal computing ideas before the technology was available. His paper is at http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf http://history-computer.com/Library/Kay72.pdf