ASF Via Surface 2 Pro

So I’ve made the switch from a super-heavy Qosmio x500 laptop to a Surface Pro 2 with attached Type Cover for writing my blog posts (and a lot more). It’s a helluva change. At the moment I’m spending more time hitting the backspace key than any other while typing and using Win8 in tablet form (as opposed to laptop or PC) is, to put it mildly, interesting. Fingers crossed it works out. I was looking at the Surface 3 but functionally there is little advantage to be had for spending an extra two or three hundred euros on a larger form-factor when the Pro 2 does much the same job (Microsoft is discounting the earlier model in the run-up to the launch of the new version so it is well worth a consideration). I had researched a few alternatives, the Lenovo Yoga 13 especially, but the Surface simply delivers more bang for my hard-earned buck. Over the next few days I will try to “Googleise” the device a wee bit since this suits my needs better (yes, I could have bought a slightly cheaper Android tablet but the disadvantages to that are many and I prefer to have a machine that is a fully functional PC rather than simply a glorified filofax. That said I’m missing my Apps already and may well change my mind. The on-screen keyboard is lousy!).