This is very true. My son had a custom laptop built when he transitioned to the university to be powerful enough to run the applications he needed to. After a month, he bought the Surface Pro 2. Leaves the big guy home unless he needs to work on programming with teams, just carrying the Surface for day to day class work.
Refurbished Surface Pro 2 from Microsoft on Black Friday sale for like $199
Yes, a full PC in a tablet for $199. You can run full Office, Photoshop, etc.