If you're the kind of person who puts their blind faith into of products .

The gorgeous PC/tablet hybrid is the only example in recent memory of a company clearly and emphatically going toe to toe with Apple on the industrial design front.

Who cares if it works or the user experience sucks?! IT'S GOT A KICKSTAND!

The iPad will have to improve. Android tablets will have to improve. Surface isn't another me-too device--it moves the entire category forward.

Or sideways into a ditch. Which is kind of like forward. Just to the side.