[martey]

I am not sure that I understand your criticism of the review. The Surface Pro is repeatedly compared to the MacBook Air and other ultrabooks - there is even an entire page of the review titled "Surface Pro as a Windows 8 Notebook".

I do not think that it is true that the Surface Pro has "the same capability" as a MacBook Air, out of the box. The two keyboards available for the Surface Pro, the "Touch Cover" and the "Type Cover" each cost more than $100 above the base price of the device. Anyone who does not buy them will be using a device that looks significantly more like an iPad than a MacBook Air.

[pekk]

'Looks like' does not mean 'has the same capability,' for example, in processing power

[takluyver]

Processing power is now largely irrelevant to most users. The experience is defined by the form factor - how big is the screen? Does it have a keyboard? Are the applications designed for touch use, or for a mouse?

The Surface line, with keyboards as optional extras, are clearly intended to compete both as tablets and as laptops. So they're going to be compared with both categories.