Laptops will survive in different forms. There are devices now that project full size keyboards onto any surface, you can buy cigarette bix size projectors that can be plugged into any device.

Portable devices will simply get smaller but the demand for a large screen and full keyboard will not go away, technology will adapt to this.

As for the PC it will never truly go away it will simply become an integeral part of someone’s house in much the same way as the water boiler has. My server, 3TB memory, sits in the pantry (coldest room) and screens and boards are where I need them as every room has the appropriate sockets to hook up to the server. That is the future of the PC, a massive multimedia storage device accessable from every room.

With the rise of wireless technology even the sockets will eventually disappear.

I recall reading an article where a guy had set up a wireless system in his house and hooked up the TV, DVD multideck and home cameras. He was able to access his home network from any location in the world and (with a camera set up) even watch his TV.

Aeroplanes made the world a smaller place, wireless, computers, and the internet are literally shrinking our world ever smaller.

Kinda off topic I know but I felt like typing