I fully agree. I would never dream of giving up my laptop for my tablet - I find them both indispensable. I don't personally know anyone who feels differently on the subject either. However my 5 year old laptop works pretty much just as well as my 1 year old one for all practical purposes. That's the issue right there...
For myself (and most engineers I know) the tablet vs laptop issue is a no-brainer. I depend on my laptop for my livelihood. The tablet is more convenient for reading and such but it is a content consumption device. The laptop can be used (slightly more awkwardly) as a consumption device but is also a creation device; I mostly only get paid for the latter.
I think he might have a point that emerging markets are skipping the home PC. I'd be surprised if they're really skipping over to tablets, though, they're skipping to feature and smartphones, which do many of the things ordinary people used to need PCs for. And there are always Internet cafes for the other stuff.
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