I purchased my Surface Pro I used, a few months back. My primary motivation for the purchase was for illustration and design. The Wacom technology is definitely a chief selling point for artists. Incidentally, I use the device mostly for note-taking in OneNote, PDF Annotation, eBook reading, and general consumption, right now. I'm a freelance illustrator and designer type guy, and also a student--right now, I am more student, than working artist. I plan to use it more exclusively as a creation tool in the near future, as time permits. I haven't adopted the device as a desktop replacement, or laptop replacement, thus far. This is mostly because I find the storage space, screen size, and keyboard* limiting. *I currently have the original touch keyboard. I feel that an upgrade to the type, or power, keyboard might improve productivity on the go.