2013
I've craved a tablet for a while, but despise the OS on most. The app-driven nature and the fact that the apps firewall their data so it isn't sharable with other apps is too limiting to make it a viable business tool for me. I need a full OS, so the RT really doesn't solve any problems. When I heard about the Surface Pro I was excited. A tablet with a full OS compatible with all my existing software was coming! I expected the timeline to coincide with the Windows 8 release, but now I'm told I will have to wait until 2013 ... well after the release of the RT?! I'm afraid not releasing the RT and Pro versions simultaneously are going to skew sales results (I think most businesses will wait to purchase) and make the release a little lackluster.
