[Ziltoid]

(07-21-2013 08:39 AM)Roosh Wrote:  

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Tablets are yuppie toys and a fad that will die out quickly

You sure about that? Foreigners are taking to it wholesale because of the status it displays.

Well, to my mind that is exactly why they are a fad that will die out. At roughly the same price as a normal laptop/netbook for 1% of the usefulness, it's a hard purchase to justify for any reason besides having a cute gadget to mill around on and impress people with... Status, as you said. But how long can that market sustain itself really? They're not really expensive enough to demonstrate status beyond the novelty of them, and if they're here to stay eventually every teenage girl and retired grandpa will be carrying one around thus destroying the novelty factor.
Especially with way cooler (and arguably more useful) things like Google Glass and non-invasive BCIs just around the corner, I just don't see them lasting.

I'll eat my words if they do.