[Sly Fox]

The last sentence is the key. The Surface Pros typically are as expensive as the laptops. But I believe you can start the countdown to someone explaining you must buy a Macbook Air. It won't be me since I bought one against my better judgement back in May for my wife. It has been a lemon since it came out of the box. But that's just me.

How important is portability to you? Do you travel with your device a great deal?

[Sly Fox]

Yeah, you would be better off with cheap 15" laptop with a detachable touchscreen. That's all the rage at the moment and if you watch closely you can score one for less than the latest Surface Pro.

[lynchburgwildcats]

What would your primary uses be?

I have a Chromebook and it's great for me. Yeah some stuff I don't have on here (Photoshop, Start-o-matic) but when I need to use those I'll just boot up my Windows machine. The ability to eventually add Android apps to ChromeOS was a big reason why I got a Chromebook back in the summer, and now that I can add them, the drawbacks of a Chromebook are a lot less now.

I too had some misgivings about getting a Chromebook because of storage space, but I haven't had any problems with it since I got it. All my music is on Google Play Music so I can listen to it wherever I want as long as I have internet access.

You look silly lugging around a laptop with you around a stadium though. Don't even consider a Surface Pro until Windows 10 comes out. Windows 8 is horrible. Although I do have to admit that with the Surface Pro, being able to install Windows programs is pretty cool, could be a legitimate laptop replacement. But the price tag is rather high.

[BJWilliams]

I actually have made the laptop work for the last few years doing my occasional wedding DJ work and also for writing. How are you doing your audio recording/capturing?

[Hold My Own]

I'm a firm believer that there is no better laptop than an Apple product, with that said the new surface makes me second guess that...or at least want to give it a shot....which is saying a lot and how far they've come.

[jbock13]

DJ BJ? That's awesome.

[BJWilliams]

You just noticed that jbock? But yes that is my name when I'm out on a wedding gig or something