Several weeks ago, while briefing my wife about the upcoming purchase of an HP TouchPad, it dawned on me that the two laptops we have -- both less than one year old -- are probably the last laptops we'll own. (Our last laptops, which were almost exclusively used in the home, lasted around 7 years. The desktop PC was sent to the bullpen about four years ago and laid off for good before New Year's Eve 2011.)
I might be the last guy on this side of the Mississippi to have that realization, but the introduction and adoption of the current style of tablets, not withstanding the arrogant stampede of the Apple iPad and the launch of the semi-crippled HP TouchPad, has been a remarkably uneventful affair. No wailing or gnashing of teeth within my earshot.
... Although I do think I'm hearing a faint whimper coming from the Targus 16" padded bag over in the corner.
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