> I'd argue the laptop was just as, if not more, revolutionary than pad-formatted computers. Wouldnt it be more fair to say that the tablets finally do, what

> I'd argue the laptop was just as, if not more, revolutionary than pad-formatted computers. Wouldnt it be more fair to say that the tablets finally do, what they promised us laptops would do? I think the change to touch is quite radical, and that because all the ui stuff had to be reinvented, we were able to break away from all the desktop paradigmas. These mobile OSes are fundamentally different: they allow a person to run managed untrusted applications, while minimizing battery life and maximizing security. This is a complete opposite of a desktop OS that is meant to run trusted applications with as much power, access and performance as possible. The OLPC was great, but the tablets did make that compromize the new default for everybody. Then again, i fully agree that self driving vehicles are more disruptive.