OK, so I bought my wife a Microsoft Surface RT. Yes, last year’s model – here’s the reasoning: She wanted a tablet computer that she could carry around her preschool, do InterNet searches, make notes, etc. Given her long experience with Windows and Office, Surface seemed like the right idea. When the price on Surface RT dropped dramatically, it became the right answer for her needs/wants.

She will (I fearlessly predict) fall neatly (if somewhat slowly)) into the bullseye of the Surface RT/Surface 2 target group: a tablet user that needs Office but can shift to a desktop or laptop for the heavy lifting. The main difficulty so far seems to be the shift from Winds 7 on her desktop box to 8.1 on the laptop and Surface. Next in line is the learning curve for the touch screen (common to both of her portables). We’ll see how this goes, but so far, so good.