Here’s something many people haven’t realized: the Windows that runs on tablets (including Microsoft’s Surface) is Windows RT, not Windows 8. Those start-up interfaces may look the same, but they’re not. Windows RT can’t run real “Windows” software. Like iOS, RT software can only be purchased and installed from the RT store.
I can get a discount on a Dell tablet that contains a chip I worked on. It’s RT, so I’m passing. I’ll wait for an Android tablet.
Supposedly full-blown Windows 8 will be on Surface tablets sometime next year.