> Tablets are becoming another version of PCs, especially with all the Apple news lately. > Form factor isn't a differentiator here anymore. Tablets are becomi

> Tablets are becoming another version of PCs, especially with all the Apple news lately. > Form factor isn't a differentiator here anymore. Tablets are becoming general purpose computing devices. You've referenced Apple specifically in relation to all this. Note that Apple's official position disagrees with you, as seen in their lawsuit against Epic, and their claim that iOS devices are more like app consoles than general purpose computing devices. The most worrying part here is that we're already sliding into a world where we're accepting these walled gardens as general purpose computing devices, when the manufacturer is stating definitively that they do not see it this way. The limitations we're imposing on ourselves is a shame. (EDIT: to add, I'm on my third iPad now and continue to be very happy with them. I'm part of the problem.)