On: "The iPad is a LEGO set that can only be assembled into what's drawn on the box"

[derefr]

So laptops will magically cease to exist?

[orangecat → derefr]

They'll increasingly be niche products. Once there's a solution to the limited screen size of phones, they'll replace laptops in most scenarios.

[derefr → orangecat]

Most of the scenarios I envision for laptops involve typing without a desk (thus the need for the supporting base of your lap.) I don't think anything is really replacing them for these.

[stretchwithme → derefr]

poof. they're all gone. i'll wait here while you check