I held off on buying a machine when I heard MS was doing the Surface. I figured they&#x27;d nail the convertible tablet - it&#x27;s not that hard. When they announced, I thought the specs were terrible, but hey maybe I could live with it. Then it became clear the keyboards were crap, and you couldn&#x27;t actually use them as <i>lap</i>tops, I laughed and got another ThinkPad.<p>Windows as a touch device has sucked forever. I know this having used convertibles in 2005. It&#x27;s great when it works, but you better have a keyboard nearby. MS has done effectively nothing to make touch&#x2F;pen really outstanding on Windows. Apart from their terrible Metro apps approach.<p>Surface Book looks great from the waist up. If Lenovo made a $500 adapter that let me slap an X201-style bottom on it, I&#x27;d buy one in a heartbeat.