[GeronL]

I don’t think I like the idea of PC’s being possibly dumbed down by stuff like this.

[adorno]

I don’t think I like the idea of PC’s being possibly dumbed down by stuff like this.

I see the opposite.

Tablets and smartphones are being "smartened" up to become more like PCs, while PCs remain the major go-to device for real computing and major projects.

Tables are "growing up" to be come PCs. Smartphones are becoming more like tablets, with better specs and bigger screens, and more powerful cpus. PCs are still getting better, and more powerful.

But, in the not-so-distant future, I could see where there might be just one device serving all purposes, from smartphone to tablets to PC function. When the processors are the major defining component, then, when that component becomes powerful enough to drive all form-factors, we will have reached the merging of all platforms. The difference will "only" be in the equipment or peripherals that the main processing unit can converse with, from small screens to 80 inch screens, along with huge internal memory and large external storage devices. Imagine having just one device and one platform, for all of your computing needs, without sacrificing in power or capabilities.

[MrEdd]

PC won’t be dumbed down.

14nm intel chipsets should be hitting the shelves late in the second quarter.
At the end of 2013 the 22nm Bay Trail chipsets gave us full windows 8.1 machines in an eight inch tablet form factor. I have an Asus Vivotab Note 8 and its nice. 14nm will give us the potential for Windows 10 on a phablet.