For a computer addict, nothing is more frustrating then been outside without all his data. Same thing for commercial people and soon all smartphone addicts... What is happening arround us today let think that embedded device / PDA / Smartphone will make up for lost time.
It\'s like mathematical function e.g. they will draw closer to desktop PC. I don\'t know what could alter this tendency. Any new kind of device accelerate this and doen\'t brake it. As soon as something come out, it brings more user to this following idea: \"whatever you want, wherever you want\". Today, we translate it \"be able to connect to anyone from everywhere\" and \"your data wherever you are\".
So to give my opinion on Mephistopheles topic, I think that yes, we will certainly see someday laptop (or whatever it will be) as powerfull as desktop PC. Of course, that doesn\'t mean that they will be as powerful as the more powerful one.
Laptop story is a good exemple of what we should be prepared for. We should also be prepared for exemple to new device (in one or two years) like the Zaurus but will X86 processor and with complete PC compatibity. Annonces have already be made... Time will tell.
