The vision of the surface (unlike the ipad) is that it is both a tablet, and a PC.
You can mount it on a wall, put a bluetooth keyboard and mouse under it, and you are at a PC.
You can clip in the little clippy keyboard, and it's a laptop.
I don't have a problem with ipads. Ipads are a specialist device for consuming content, and apple make laptops for doing other stuff on. You're supposed to have both.
I have a problem with Tablet/PCs, like the surface, because they are trying to be both, and failing. It's like asking for a lorry that's also a sports car - you're gonna get something, and it's gonna be really really bad.
Personally I'd kinda like to have a bigger Surface-style device, like 15", and plug in my mechanical keyboard. That way the laptop's keyboard isn't getting in the way.
Only trouble is it wouldn't be good for use on my lap, but that could be solved with an arrangement similar to a Surface with keyboard attached, where the "keyboard" is just something to put my real keyboard on.
This could also be a nice arrangement for people who fly a lot, if you could hang the screen on the seat in front of you.
You can mount it on a wall, put a bluetooth keyboard and mouse under it, and you are at a PC.
You can clip in the little clippy keyboard, and it's a laptop.
I don't have a problem with ipads. Ipads are a specialist device for consuming content, and apple make laptops for doing other stuff on. You're supposed to have both.
I have a problem with Tablet/PCs, like the surface, because they are trying to be both, and failing. It's like asking for a lorry that's also a sports car - you're gonna get something, and it's gonna be really really bad.