*most desktop apps. I still find it handy to have access to the desktop from my 8" asus for getting the entire kindle library, rather then what they might put out there for the windows 8 app. also, the Skype desktop client is much better then the Skype metro client.
I got the steam 7, a plugable pro8 dock, a dell 23" touch screen, and mouse and keyboard, and this has successfully replaced her 1st gen ipad and Toshiba laptop. She's been using it for about a month now, and as far as I can tell, hasn't had any issues. she likes having one consistent experience, with only plugging in once cable to get all the capability a desktop has. and, this all cost less then what a current ipad cost. This is what windows 8.1 can do now. if 10 can make it better, great.