It's interesting to see Microsoft position the Windows 8 tablets as generally replacements for laptops - it's like they've taken Apple's "post-PC" stance and advanced the peg in the ground even further to (in my opinion) a really uncomfortable extreme. When they say "no compromises" they mean it - there is no compromise option in the ecosystem. You've got these tablet with keyboards and desktop GUI's or nothing.
What I want to see is an RT device positioned as the mid-point between phones and latops, much like any of the other tablet ecosystems out there.
Specifically, what I want (just for me..haha) is a 7" RT tablet that runs only Metro style apps - ditch the desktop and position the device as a pure Windows 8 experience. I don't need Office on a tablet, and the Metro apps would be cross-platform compatible and exist on both the tablet and my Win8 laptop. The OS footprint would be smaller, you'd be interacting only with true touch based apps for a better experience, and you could hopefully put the price down into the Nexus 7 range or slightly above.
At a lower price point, in a smaller form factor optimized for the new Metro environment, I'd bite and get one. But I can't afford (more than one) $600+ tablet, especially when it doesn't even have 3/4g mobility baked in. If I was interested in the Playbook or the Nexus, (or even the iPad Mini to a degree), they are affordable as adjunct devices. But the Surface tablets, as they stand, are too big an investment, for a feature set (Office and the desktop) that I don't want or need on a tablet device.
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