what will kill laptops? time. just like what it does to typewriters: old people fade out, new people come with what they are familiar with. there will be much b

what will kill laptops? time. just like what it does to typewriters: old people fade out, new people come with what they are familiar with. there will be much better input methods (e.g. voice + virtual keyboard hybrid), much better UI paradigms, much better devices at much better prices. to be honest, i don't see anything in everyday office work requires more computing power than what iPad offers. Most heavy-lifting computation will (if not yet) be done on cloud. in fact, I'd argue the single thing blocks the transition from laptops to tablets is the ridiculous long review process Apple imposes. It mandates a 1-week per iteration of software evolution rate. how many startups can live with it?