It all depends on whether you want a computer to actually WORK on or a TOY. Tablets are toys. People buy them, mostly, for games and everything other than actually computing anything. Kinda hard to drop a PC-but how many tablets need replacing because of dropping or water in them or whatever? And you actually have to sit down at a PC. I don’t get the need to constantly have video input everywhere-walking, driving,eating,etc. UNPLUG sometimes-sheesh! All this fascination with zombies makes sense when you see how many are willing zombies walking around tuned out to the world, focused on a screen texting or playing games!
I use my iPad at work and home. In the last week I have:
1. Attended a meeting where all the docs were emailed as PDF’s before. I viewed the docs and made notes right on the screen. When done, I forwarded the marked up PDF to my co-workers with just a couple of clicks.
2. Pulled up pricing from a supplier while a customer was sitting with me. Created a quote with that info and sent it to their email before they even left my showroom.
3. Checked the status of orders placed with multiple vendors.
4. Created a quote in response to an email request, complete with a mock up of their shirt.
5. Took dozens of payments using Square.
6. Reviewed Receivables with the QuickBooks app.
I could go on, but my iPad is DEFINITELY more than a toy.
Eight billion people on he earth more or less, how many programmers? Which market should they go after?