Speaking personally only, I've had a change in perspective about the desirability of an all in one device. For along time I thought it would be cool if you coul

Speaking personally only, I've had a change in perspective about the desirability of an all in one device. For along time I thought it would be cool if you could have a phone as your cpu, and dock it up to the form factor that appropriate for your context: tablet, notebook, desktop. As a pie in the sky vision. The surface pro, an actually here device seemed promising to me as a concept. In particular, the ability to do some work in a different physical position, (on the can, at the coffee shop, etc). The surface pro seems enticing at first glance as I could run my main working software (pro tools). It's dawning on me now lately though that I need a very optimized, particular environment to work with any semblance of efficiency. Powerful desktop, big monitor, custom set of input and pointing tools, the particular set of utilities installed and running, plus speakers, comfortable chair. And I need every thing in just the right spot. I need my desktop setup just so, I rely on Mac os x spaces. I have custom keyboard macros. When all this is just so, I can rock it, my efficiency goes way up. It's just not worth it try to do actual work at the coffee shop, because even if I can the experience is so sub optimal,I'd rather just skim the internet on my nexus 7, and wait till I'm at my studio to work. Buying a device that compromises both experiences, the long battery life, light to hold tablet, and the serious workstation is not an improvement. A nexus 7 is so cheap and light. I have a hand me down Mac book that does laptop stuff just fine if I really need to work portably. And my work station stays put, ready for heavy lifting. What is the advantage of a hybrid device if any of the use cases are worse than the stand-alones, if those use cases matter to you. The surface is a worse experience compared to the dedicated devices in all three form factors it's trying to compete in: desktop replacement, notebook, tablet. How is this a benefit? Most people who buy the surface pro are going to be serious users of computers. It's worth it to pay for good tools. It's not that hard to carry a 7inch tablet and a notebook. I could see for a student, who is very budget comscious maybe this be useful.