Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Of course Android-based PCs can replace Windows! Have you really looked at Windows 8.x’s adoption numbers? Microsoft defenders like to spin them, but the bottom line is that neither consumers nor enterprises are buying it.
That leaves an opening for another desktop system. That system can be Android. It’s already popular. It’s already the dominant operating system on both tablets and smartphones And, unlike Windows 8.x’s Metro interface, Android interface works just fine on PCs.