To each his own. I've used an SP3 hard for a year now, and came from a 2012 MacBook Air. While the keyboard is inferior, I value the functionality, and honestly, it works fine. The trackpad is among the best I've used with Windows. As for software, as a lawyer I require little more than the Office Suite, Acrobat, and a browser (I use Chrome). All work beautifully on the Surface (and Windows 10 made it better), and I've been pleased/impressed with battery life. Finally, I could not disagree more about desktop OneNote. It's my favorite piece of software. I use it all day, every day.

I don't mean to be contrarian, but for all the years Microsoft took heat on HN for sucking, I think they deserve some real credit for developing a product that, at least for me, works really, really well.