>Undoubtedly, there are niche users for which a tablet form factor is
indispensable. Right now, the tablet form factor feels more like a
solution in search of a >problem.
They are useful in an academic setting, for taking notes. Also for
real-time annotation of lectures: if I am giving a talk from
computerized slides, and someone asks me how an equation is derived or a
theorem proved, I have to turn on the lights, raise the screen, and do
the work on the blackboard. With a tabled PC I could pop up a drawing
window do the derivation right on the screen.
David
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