I think the medium term future is of smartphones first, then tablets, then laptops, and least of all desktops. In many cases, you can just hook a laptop to a mo

I think the medium term future is of smartphones first, then tablets, then laptops, and least of all desktops. In many cases, you can just hook a laptop to a monitor instead of having a desktop and gain the portability of a laptop. My personal experience is that for non technical people, a tablet is the current ideal computing device. Its just much easier to use and very portable. The phone is the ideal communications device since you can carry it everywhere and you are used to using it to take and receive calls and text. Now you can use it for email, Facebook, twitter, etc... With Moore's law and ever improving apps, tablets should gradually eat into laptop and desktop share. My 5 year old has been using an ipad and iphone for several years. He still does not use a laptop. Touch is an easier interface than mouse and keyboard. My wife's desktop computer sits idle for months while the ipad gets used a lot.