I debated, and debated....read review after review, and decided to buy it, and if i didnt like it, id return it.
Let me start off by saying, i own an ipad, and a rooted android phone - I hate the ipad, love my phone, but Google has been annoying me lately. I am really intrigued by WP8, and will seriously consider it in a year when my contract is up. I hate my that i have to plug the ipad into my computer, and do everything through itunes - which is the worst software known to man imho.
Ive had it for 4 days now, and can say, ive only picked up my ipad one time, and it was because there is no NFL Ticket app for windows 8 yet. So many people complain that it doesnt have this app or that app - really, what apps do you actually use on a regular basis on your ipad. For me, the only ones missing are Flipboard (Bento is just as good), Chrome (full version of IE 10 beats mobile chrome by a longshot), Autocad WS, Photoshop touch, and Dropbox (skydrive has more storage free, and is baked into the device). The IE browser can view, and use all your google stuff - drive, music, g+. etc until google makes an app for windows 8, and if they dont, then they are just plain stupid, because i only give it a few months before im off google music, and drive, and on xbox music, and skydrive. Full MS office - dont think i need to beat a dead horse on this...The biggest reason i see to get this thing, is REMOTE DESKTOP....people dont get that running official windows remote desktop is 1000x's better than using logmein, etc. My surface will be my mobile computer - when i need more intense applications, i can remote into my computer at home, and run remote apps like AutoCAD, Photoshop CS whatever, Illustrator, etc....The pro version will only get half the battery life, and let me tell you how well graphics intense programs run on ultrabooks - they dont. You get essentially the same performance running remote. Only issue, is that you need to understand networking, etc in order to set this up. Ive scoured the boards, and figured it out, and my Ipad is now going to be a hand me down to my 3 year old, because thats what the thing is - Itoy
Lets talk about the hardware...this thing has usb port that you can plug in most if not all of your periphals...mice, full size keyboards, hard drives, etc. has expandable storage, the plusses go on and on and on. The Apps will come, and if they dont, run remote. My laptop at home is 3 years old, I plan to upgrade, but not with a laptop, with a good desktop that I can run remotely from my tablet.
Biggest con in my book, is that MS left out support for Silverlight - which is their own technology. It makes absolutely no sense, and prevents me from streaming Time Warner Cable through the browser.........guess ill have to hold out hope that they make an Windows 8 app, and port to RT - same with nfl ticket.