Two things others have mentioned: - It's an open device so you're not locked out of or into anything (Android devices don't cut it on this front) - It's ARM-b

Two things others have mentioned: - It's an open device so you're not locked out of or into anything (Android devices don't cut it on this front) - It's ARM-based One thing they haven't: - You don't pay for a Windows license you'll never use That last thing has annoyed some of us for decades: funding (even in a minor way) a company that has been actively hostile to the platform we want to use. Plus it adds some amount of cost to the device. Believe what you will about their recent change of stance, some of us still don't want to send money their way unnecessarily.