Originally Posted by
robroy90
Your experience is vastly different from mine. The lack of hinge mechanism and the relatively thin keyboard do not make for a true laptop experience. I never could get comfortable with it in such a position.
Again, the Surface is a very capable unit, and I rather like mine, but I just have to remember its limitations.
The lack of a hinge was the only thing that turned me off from the original Pro I had... I could live with the weight given the performance/price ratio when it got below $400, and I could get past the battery life issues by using the Power Cover for TCONs and TATLs, but not being able to comfortably touch-type with any quickness with it in my lap, and having the kickstand slide off of the back of tray tables constantly eventually had me replace it with a far less powerful machine in a clamshell hybrid configuration... decreased weight when undocked and vastly superior battery life ended up being a great tradeoff for the performance hit when my travel uses rarely ever stray deeper than a quick check of an Excel spreadsheet or Powerpoint deck.