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About these super tablets... "...least a 13” screen, 64 bit processor, 2GB of RAM, 256GB drive, a real keyboard, an actual file system, and an improved operating system with windowing and true multitasking capability..."

They've just described a laptop/chromebook, right?

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Basically they've only described the Surface.

If you add the touchscreen requirement, yes. And while the Surface certainly hasn't been a flop (not the x86 version at least), looking at its sales alone wouldn't suggest that it's the way forward.

It's a "We must kill tablets to save them" kind of strategy.

Why is it so hard for some people to understand that different form factors are more adequate to different usage niches? Why is it that people insist so much in one form to rule them all?

Also, how does the author explain 7" tablets being so much more popular than 10"?

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