You raise some good insight. At this point, it's too early to concretely say whether or not the iPad (or tablet computers) will truly replace the PC. I also jus

You raise some good insight. At this point, it's too early to concretely say whether or not the iPad (or tablet computers) will truly replace the PC. I also just do not see this happening anytime soon or ever at all. However, I do see room for a third device (clearly it's not just me seeing it but the staggering amount of iPads sold and used, the market is booming). iPad's success can be attributed in part to it being an amazing consumer electronics device. It's photos, videos, games, and social media capabilities are what sell the product. Productivity, coding, design, editing, and tons of other "work" - not happening on a tablet device. Developers simply see a new market for consumers to purchase apps and that's why we're seeing tablet versions of Photoshop, Keynote, Documents to Go, etc. It's easy for them to push an existing product on a mobile-based platform and make $$$. I'm fairly confident that we're going to keep using our notebooks when writing in XCode, editing in Photoshop, using Word, Excel and Keynote and doing tasks that tablets simply can't handle - keyboard or no keyboard. The iPad also does a great job of presenting the web to the user when in couch-surfing mode but a lot of us still need a full-browser. The App space is rich, users love downloading apps, but we're still in entertainment mode here. I wouldn't be surprised if <5% of iPad users actually use the device for productivity. I regularly read HN, blogs, news, and do basic web browsing on my iPad at night (after using a computer all day). With a concept like this Kickstarter project, the product fulfills the niche accessory market pretty well. People who like to spend $100+ on beautiful accessories to dress up their tablets will buy it. And of course, users that find themselves sending emails and writing documents on iPad will buy it. It looks like a nice product; clean Jony Ive inspired design, integrated speakers, solid materials, etc. Tablets are here to stay and they'll continue gaining market share but they won't replace PC's for a while (if it has a keyboard it's a laptop, right?). This whole "post-PC renaissance" sounds like a bunch of marketing hype but you can't deny the staggering tablet sales numbers. The dominant players will be Mobile and PC's while tablets have carved out a nice market share for themselves in the past few years.