When 10" tablets were introduced I would have bet, at the time, that they would replace laptops on many corporate desks where tasks were limited to document cre

When 10" tablets were introduced I would have bet, at the time, that they would replace laptops on many corporate desks where tasks were limited to document creation and email. After all, touch was such an obvious advancement in UI, especially for the users least into technology for its own sake. Tablets seemed like the ideal device. On top of all that, one of the first places I saw iPads proliferate was among MDs. Hospital elevators were a focus group that seemed to predict success for tablets. Instead they have hardly made a dent. Even in schools, the tablets used by Amplify in Chicago schools were a notable failure. The market seems to be mostly discretionary use at home. I have a tablet with a touch sensor that's dying and there isn't a compelling new product I would buy. Strange. Meanwhile, Microsoft is unflaggingly digging away at realizing a consistent, compatible implementation of Windows everywhere and polishing a touch-able Windows so that you don't run into tiny touch targets and other pitfalls. I had predicted touch-first platforms would run away with the market before Microsoft could grind off the jagged edges of a touchable Windows.