I suspect a slightly different scenario will play out, at least at first. Instead of folks cutting back on laptops outside of their homes--afterall, they left h

I suspect a slightly different scenario will play out, at least at first. Instead of folks cutting back on laptops outside of their homes--afterall, they left home to work--we will see iPads in more places than anything before. Laptops will continue to be used for the intended purpose, that is, mobile computing. And suddenly we will see iPads where we didn't even see laptops before. A laptop is 5 pounds. An iPad is 1.5 pounds. One you consciously think about bringing, the other just comes with you anytime you have a bag. I see this as different from the point-and-shoot to cameraphone scenario. A cameraphone replaces every feature of a P&S, whereas an iPad does not replace 99% of the use-case for having and using a laptop. Not yet, anyway. Wait until the apps catch up. Major apps like Photoshop, Skype, TextMate, Lightroom, Visual Studio, anything corporate.