This year's flop: tablet PCs

The more I see the announcement of these systems, the more I see "Gatesian fad" written all over them. They are expensive. The reviews of the first shipping systems often talk about imperfect drivers, which in the Windows world is a death knell. The fact that ViewSonic is one of the first big manufacturers makes them sound very marginalized already. Prediction: lots of press, few sales, and by Xmas, almost no one will be pushing them.