Comment by throwaway13337

It's more broad than that. The distinction lies in production versus consumption devices.

Tablets and phones are consumption. You can't do any serious work on them - development included.

This is why laptops and computers have stuck around in spite of the proliferation of cheap, tiny, elegant consumption devices.

So no, I don't think laptops and computers will go away for non-nerds, just for people who don't produce anything.