"The Tablet PC popularity nowadays is decline if compared to the launch time in 2002. IDC data also shows that sale of Tablet PC in 2007 is around 3,3 million u

"The Tablet PC popularity nowadays is decline if compared to the launch time in 2002. IDC data also shows that sale of Tablet PC in 2007 is around 3,3 million units, or only 1,2% from total sale of all PC in around the world." From: http://ngadgeti.blogspot.com/2008/04/hp-pavilion-tx1209-review-new-tablet-pc.html http://ngadgeti.blogspot.com/2008/04/hp-pavilion-tx1209-revi... With that said, I think its absurd to say that the market for non-iPad tablets is the same today as it was 18 months ago. People are definitely more interested in tablets now. I wouldn't be surprised if there were 50M tablet PCs with Win8 sold next year.