The kids have several different sorts of devices ~ most fully decked out with massive RAM. Still they have their 1.9 Terrabyte disk drives to download stuff to regularyl.
The trick to this is to get a keyboard ~ plug it in ~ set the laptop up on a little rack so it can radiate heat. That way if it has a disk drive it will not get harmed by overheating.
We are looking forward to color e-ink displays. They will be more visible in sunlight than the present array of LED displays we have been using.
Now, for the big deal ~ taking a computer that tunes in HD TV channels. Will feed local PBS Channel 26 to my LED projector and we'll watch the Fireworks on a 100 inch screen in the living room.
We'll do DC first, then Boston, then Philadelphia, and then the rerun on NYC.
Organic crystal displays will be the way to go when the costs comes down. Anyone looking to buy a new system should make sure the bios are UEFI compatible (lets you have native access to more then 3tb. Does your system have hdmi? projector hdmi?