The title, Consumers, not corporations, power laptop boom, makes perfect sense for the Tablet PC market too. I was told countless times that the market for the Tablet PC was vertical, meaning not for the consumer. This is rubish. The market will soon discover that the Tablet PC is for the consumer.

Picture a housewife with tons of errands to run. The cell phone is rining from her oldest daughter stuck at school. The youngest is playing at the neighbor's house. Hubby has a late afternoon meeting. All of the scheduling juggled by this one person can be smoothed with a way of keeping it all in once neat place.

Now, picture the teenage daughter stuck at school. She brings home only one item from school, and not the two ton backpack. She is simply carrying the Tablet PC. She hooks it up to the docking station and an external monitor and keyboard. She connects to the internet and completes her homework -- making sure that she has uploaded all of her assignments.

Meanwhile, little Johnny comes home from the friend's house and wants to play some games. He borrows his sister's TPC and proceeds to beat all the online users of Shrek.

Hubby comes home with his own TPC. He kisses his wife hello and then eats a nice dinner with his family. This is all because his notes were completed during the meeting.

OK, there is more to it but you get the idea.

TPCs are not just for corporations. They are for us too.