Although not opposed to computers (I'm usually having too much fun with them) and while I am aware of the advantages of using laptops, I'm still surprised to hear of their introduction on the Flight Deck. I've often scrolled through CDrom versions of CFM56 manuals and while I cannot complain too much about them I would still sometimes prefer a good old paper version to flick from page to page!
I can see a scenario in the future where a quick answer is needed from a performance graph or table and the captain is getting a bit annoyed at the lack of one while the FO will still be blankly staring at the 'Starting Windows' message.
And yes, I will second See Ar Jay's question: Reliability and Windows? Those two words will not fit in the same sentence! Impossible, can't be, won't happen..... hey! Where did the taskbar go...... uh oh .....
<silently blinking cursor on a black screen>