On The Smarter Office blog, I posted on collaborating on the go with a Microsoft Surface tablet:
“A couple of months ago I wrote about collaborating on the go with mobile apps—I listed a litany of apps for smartphones and tablets, and shared some ideas on how to get started. Microsoft’s recent announcement of its Windows-based Surface tablet offers to change everything I wrote previously for one simple reason: the Surface running Windows 8 (not the Windows RT version) allows people to use their standand Windows-based software and services, without having to find app alternatives or revert to a “cut-down” experience. It portends a major change in the tablet decision-making matrix for people who work with Microsoft products day-in and day-out.
That the Windows 8 version of the Surface is just a tablet form factor of a standard Windows PC means that the need to talk about a different set of apps for a different operating system goes away. It’s just Windows, albeit on a tablet. “
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Michael Sampson 
“It’s just Windows, albeit on a tablet. ” I’ve been describing the Surface not as a tablet, but rather as a touchscreen laptop with a removable keyboard. Microsoft really turned the tablet form factor inside out. And I think it’s going to be very widely adopted within the business use case.
Thanks Alan – that’s an interesting twist indeed. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
thanks allot