The car was a hot item in its early days, but there was always a contention that public transportation would be the true future of personal travel or that the car itself would give way to little airplanes we'd all be flying. So too do we see this kind of wishful thinking amongst that segment of the community that just can't accept computers as everyday devices. Instead, there will be little computers distributed everywhere, which will be transparent. These people see PCs not as a convenience but as a nuisance that will go away. But the car never went away, and people got used to certain problems cars had.
Tires go flat.
Cars are hard to operate, and you need a license. They have to be washed, and they have to be tuned up all the time. Perhaps we can have a post-automobile era. The PC has become as important as a car. If you don't have a PC, you're perceived as an idiot or a Luddite.