this is really personal preference and no one can really tell you what is best for you but yourself.
But i do get that asking others for their opinion helps, but in the end its your decision.
I am mainly a mac user, and my surface has been getting a lot of use lately. Now I can't seem to live without one or the other. I am student, so i use the surface for school, onenote and the pen trumps any application for me in any operating system. I am also a parent with toddlers and have photography as a serious hobby. I cannot live without aperture and imovie as well. There are definitely alternative apps for the ones I need in either operating systems, but these are my preferred apps on each platform.
Again, this may change in the future, but that's how it is in mine....
you can try out the surface. Free returns in the Microsoft store.