Linked by David Adams on Sun 20th Jun 2010 03:06 UTC, submitted by fran

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I was just about to say the same thing. Anytime anything different comes out in the PIM/Phone/Tablet/Laptop/Ultralight/Netbook/Nettop/Palmtop etc. market, it is hailed as the last nail in the coffin for the PC.
I'm just looking around my office, and I'm staring at about 20ish people using PCs. Admittedly I work for a dev house, so maybe we're not typical, but I'm willing to bet most offices look pretty much the same.
Ditto for people I know with regards to the home "computer" (whatever that may be). Most people I know either have a PC, or they have a laptop that they use like a PC. By that I mean that they have an external keyboard, mouse and screen, and the laptop is just posing. At the end of the day, it never moves and it's just a PC.
If you're just casually surfing the web (learning some wrong and/or useless facts on wikipedia if you're like me) in front of the telly, the the iPad's probably OK. But if you want to get stuck in and deal with some bulk email, or do some serious flight-booking research, then it's down with the iPad and time to make the trek into the other room, and get on your PC.
I just can't see that changing any time soon.