[Swordmaker]

It’s not an overpriced tweener piece of hardware at the moment. If it ran OS X instead of iOS it might be a different story.

The current Microsoft Surface 4 12.3" 2736 x 1824 resolution 128GB (no pen, no keyboard), 9 hours battery use, starts at $799 to $2838 w/512GB.

The current Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 2732-by-2048 Resolution, $899 to $1129 w/256GB and cellular and GPS.

To make the low end REALLY MS Surface useable, you need to add the Keyboard Cover at $129.

You can buy a brand new, full speed, modern iPad for $329. . . or a iPad mini for $249. That's not over-priced.

The Surface Book, maxed with a 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM is $3199.

Max out the MacBook Pro with a 1TB SSD and 16GB of RAM and it's only $2899, $300 less expensive, and the Mac comes with an entire suite of software the Microsoft doesn't.

The Microsoft Surface line is far more expensive than the Apple line.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

They’re both really pricey hardware and I won’t be maxing either one out any time soon :).

I have a cheap Android tablet, it browses the web and watches movies. I don’t need anything else when it’s nothing more than a substitute for a stack of magazines on the back of the toilet.