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Originally Posted by AustinChief
Um, I guess we aren't debating the same thing then.. because I concede that Apple will maintain market share until the rest catch up on device power WITH considerably lower prices... if you look, I am talking about better devices coming out this FALL and not really eating into Apples share until NEXT year and beyond...
I am talking what the FUTURE holds... I am perfectly willing to admit that as long as tablets are in the novelty space.. Apple wins.
Oh and speaking of hardware limitations... the Tegra3 (due out September) will be more powerful than a CoreDuo proc.
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Fair enough. But don't you think that as the market requires tablets to be more than just novelty items, Apple is going to evolve them accordingly? Maybe they won't; the Blackberry tab may be a far better business device, as is the case with its phones; corporate settings will probably stick with what they know if they decide to make a move to tablet.
The thing is, we don't know if tablets are truly going to evolve into full-on computer replacements (Star Trek tells us they are, but that's not written in stone). The only way that realistically happens is if Microsoft goes hardcore into the tablet market, and even then it seems like at least another decade before tablets take over as our full-time computers. And frankly, I'm not even sure I want that. I'm buying an iPad 2 to take some hours away from my Macbook; it's two years old, and doesn't need to be running 24/7 when most of what I do is navigate message boards. Also, since the tablets don't heat up, I'm not irradiating myself. But as far as writing an essay or a script or anything of substance, I don't want to use a touch screen; I want some fricking buttons.
Again, I'm sure we're moving towards a world where the only computers available are tablets, but we're not there yet and I don't see the point in acting like we are.