Advantages on paper are one thing. Consumer acceptance is another thing. Clearly the iPad is designed for content-consumers on the go; which is the dominant market segment. They all have a power-packed desktop when it comes to content creation. Each of these two serves a different purpose. Any content created on a tablet while traveling on the subway, or waiting in an outer office is content not worth consuming.

Let's review these ten 'advantages', six months from now, in light of the market acceptance of the Surface. Heck, the X-mas season purchases might give us the answer.