Gartner analysts suggest the tablet shift among consumers may be expanding. They say it appears that multi-PC families are moving to a new model where they have one highly capable shared desktop, but each family member has a tablet of his own used for most web-surfing, video-watching and social media usage. Corporate buyers are less likely to abandon laptops for tablets. Creating documents and spreadsheets remains a core responsibility of most employees. Tablet keypads can't compare with full function keyboards for creating reports and presentations. Intel will report fourth quarter earnings on Jan. 17 and give its outlook for upcoming quarters. The longer-term outlook remains worrisome. Intel hasn't had much visible success in the fast growing smart-phone and tablet markets. Arm Holdings has begun selling its low-power designs for server chips that could work in data centers, threatening another core Intel market.