tablets on the other hand have different operating systems (at least the only tablet that people > 1% actually buy, the iPad) than PCs. This is only true in to

tablets on the other hand have different operating systems (at least the only tablet that people > 1% actually buy, the iPad) than PCs. This is only true in today's world. In a future where tablets are so capable and ubiquitous that they've displaced laptop and desktop computers, both paradigms will have long merged. Microsoft, Google, Canonical, and others are all in the process of transitioning their platforms into x86 or ARM (whichever they lack). Additionally, AMD and Intel both have true x86 answers to ARM on the horizon. The flexibility of the x86 platform is not going anywhere any time soon.