[Clock King]

Exactly (although I don’t own a tablet yet, I do have and Android phone). PC are pretty tapped out in terms of power versus end-user usability(IHMO). What I mean is, my base machine is a kick-butt core i5, overclocked with a boss graphics card and SSD drive for the OS. Even with all of that, the hard disk became the limiting factor some time ago. You just can’t push data any faster.

Until someone comes up with a new computing evolution NOT based on the Mealy-Moore machine, then we have about hit our limits.

[adorno]

the hard disk became the limiting factor some time ago

That's why PCs and other form-factors are being made with solid state storage, but the problem there is that, it's also more expensive. The best of both worlds is the combo, where you get solid state and hard-drive storage. Then there is also the cloud, where you don't have to worry about local storage, and everything goes into the cloud, and the speeds is wholly dependent on the cloud server, the speed of your broadband, your PC/device. Eventually, most storage (if not all), will be of the solid state variety, but the prices will have to fall in order to get enough storage locally.