Worst career decision in the recent 5 years. It's too heavy; it does not last as long; sometimes it became unresponsive; it does not have the popular app of the month; Office lost certifications between continents(how such thing happened I have no clue) it had to be re-activated multiple times while I talked my boss through the process when he was literally in the tropical jungle with a bad cell signal; our legacy business applications craps out 3 times during the week anyway... the list goes on
Such fun.
I kept thinking, Windows sucks. The reality was, I didn't know how to use it. I do much of my work in Chrome, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom,and Illustrator. Haven't had any problems. Office is nice to have, but really only use OneNote.
I really wanted to like it, our COO still likes it(iPads everywhere, Surface shiny and not everywhere), but there is no way in hell I'm gonna let him go abroad with only the Surface Pro beside him. Never again.
Alas, I now have a Surface Pro. And it has become my sidekick, my go-to, it sleeps on the floor next to me. I still use my iMac, but its rare.
I have very few complaints for Windows 8 running on the Surface Pro. I think the OS was designed for machines just like the Pro. You can call them hybrids, for lack of a better term. Something you can use for both leisure and work.
Windows 8.1 is downloading right now on my Pro. And, not going to lie, I am still new to Windows and a little nervous. I hear so many stories of Windows "going bad" but that is on non-Microsoft made machines.
I guess what I am getting to, is Windows 8 was designed for machines with touch screens. It really excels in that format, but OEMs a year ago, were not selling hardware to support that.
I would pick up a Surface and give it shot.
>I use metro on a secondary monitor when hooked up to my Pro, without problems.
EDIT [long answer] When the iPad came out, I was happy and disappointed at the same time. I had dreamt of a tablet machine that could run Adobe CS Suite and Ableton, and more...But it didn't. That was okay, I still liked it, and iPad 3 was awesome. But still, I since a kid, dreamt of that "all in one machine." I at one point was saving up to buy an third party created macbook touch.
When the Surface Pro was announced, I was hooked. It was finally going to exist, a portable touch tablet with a pen that could run desktop programs. Not going to lie, its been great so far. If Apple makes a comparable tablet, I will buy that! Windows 8 felt like a compromise at first. Now, all the swipes and features are second hand, and work very well!