Personally I bought a surface just because i wanted to be able to play old games on it, but turns out now i use it as: A standalone desktop replacement with a blutooth keyboard/mouse combo (seperate keyboard on a mobile device is heaven). Replacement for note taking with the wacom digitizer. An on the move gaming console for even modern games (blutooth game controller + steam) A picture frame on the coffee table that tracks all messenging applications (only need to look to the side, not go for the cellphone everytime something updates)