[comp.sys.handhelds] Tablet computers: What is your personal opinion ?

mapster@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Michael H. Mapa) (04/23/91)

	I am trying to write a paper on what affect the introduction 

of laptop computers will have on the computer industry.

	For example:
	
	Will it really allows computer illiterate users to work computers.

	Is it the next big step in computers ala windows environments? 

	Will it allow tablet computers to take a greater place in peoples 
	everyday lives ?


These type questions !!

Your input would  be greatly appreciated.  And are not limited to the question
above but tablet computers in general, basically anything you want to say about
tablet computers.
   

mheyda@heyda.austin.ibm.com (Michael Heyda) (04/24/91)

There were some interesting articles in the last couple of issues of PC
Mag (I think it was PC Mag...) anyway the opinion seems to be that the
tablet computers will take over a specialized niche in computing.  The
niche, it seems to be agreed, will be in the jobs of insurance salesman
and foreman.  These jobs mostly involve filling out forms and the like. 
Personally I can type a heck of a lot faster than I can write and I get
virtually no cramps (sans occasional wrist strain) typing.
						Mike Heyda