This beauty is really, really tempting. I love my SP3, but I also have a laptop that already does most of what I would use the Surface Book (SB) for. (That laptop is the Spectre X360). So I really can't justify the expenditure for the SB, but of course I will probably wind up buying one anyway.
Here's what might keep me from getting the SB:
- with the keyboard attached it weighs the same as the Spectre, and actually takes up more space when closed due to the shape of the hinge
- the keyboard is "perfect" according to Mr Panay, but how much better than the Spectre?
- will real world battery life actually be 12 hours?
- when detached from the keyboard, the tablet has no stand. Also no ports.
- my wife will go on a shopping spree herself when she finds out how much I spent ("If you can do it, so can I...."), leading to financial ruin
But I REALLY want one of these; this is the perfect machine for Photoshop. Maybe, I could just not tell my wife...