>The Surface costs more than the average laptop and tablet it is supposed to replace.
Not necessarily for an i7 machine in the form factor, but yes based on the average its too much to invest into.
>And God forbid you want or need processing power or RAM >= 8GB..
A few years ago I would have disagreed with you but heck what are we feeding browsers nowadays. My chrome with a handful of websites hits the 1GB mark easily. Talking about an IDE and VM on top of that, we are already at 8GB and to think years back I was comfortable with a Netbook with 1GB of ram.
Not necessarily for an i7 machine in the form factor, but yes based on the average its too much to invest into.
>And God forbid you want or need processing power or RAM >= 8GB..
A few years ago I would have disagreed with you but heck what are we feeding browsers nowadays. My chrome with a handful of websites hits the 1GB mark easily. Talking about an IDE and VM on top of that, we are already at 8GB and to think years back I was comfortable with a Netbook with 1GB of ram.