Tablets have killed the netbook market and are fast transforming the traditional PC.
Apple's iPad gets most of the credit for that, but the tablet computer was not Steve Jobs' idea. Tablets actually began decades before the iPad was launched in 2010.
Look at all the previous attemps including the Newton, the Palm Pilot, ...
Interesting history, that misses a few iconic devices such as IBM's Simon, Eo's Personal Communicator, or the General Magic / Sony's Magic Pad...