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Tablets are distinctly different from smartphones, and although the iPad dominates this market segment at present there is a android invasion taking place even as we speak. That's just the first wave; with NVidea's Kal-el chip already sampling and supposedly reaching consumers by October, the tablet market seems poised to go into overdrive. between increased competition and the availability of networking facilities on large-screen TVs, I'm not certain that consumers will really need desktops for much longer.

Now, what you are talking about - computationally-intensive tasks that traditionally require workstations - Android does not perform nearly as well. But the people who really need that kind of processing power and can't satisfy it with a tablet, game console, or other home-oriented system are only a small segment of the overall market.