-- Age 10 Child 2 -- Age 15 Child 3 -- Age 20 Family laptop X Work laptop X X Laptop for school X Family tablet X eReader X Smart phones X X X X The family now has one less personal computer but has more "smart" devices in the form of a tablet, smart phones and an eReader. Looking at what else has changed, the biggest difference is that desktops are gone and laptops are in.  As laptops have become more powerful and less expensive, they have been adopted by more people.  The family has also bought a tablet and an eReader to cater to their changing media needs. PCs have a couple of huge advantages over tablets and smart phones because their screens are bigger, they have more processing power and they are designed to sit on something like a desk! Tablets and smart phones are great for socializing, corresponding, finding directions and keeping organized but they are not good for working. Touch will only take you so far Another big factor that Apple first sold us on, and others followed suit with, is the benefits of touch.  We are all tapping and sliding these days on our new devices. Steve Jobs was looking to do away with the mouse for a long time.  Touch has been revolutionary but it alone will not bring about the Post-PC world.  Touch is imprecise. Touch is a technology that is geared to consuming, not creating.  As soon as you need to