Haven't read the full thread, but if I was going Surface, it would be Surface Pro 3(Excellent device, I might eventually buy one myself) or go home. With MS Office finally coming to iPad, there is almost no incentive now to go for a non-Surface Pro 3 windows based tablet. The full desktop OS on the Surface 3 is a plus, but it's performance is so limited that it won't really be able to do much more than iPad can. Maybe my traffic simulation software could run on it, but at that point I'd rather pull out my rMBP or get a SP3.