“Where do hybrid devices fit in this? Like a surface pro? tablet or laptop?”
They don’t. For someone who really needs the capabilities of a PC, either a conventional laptop or desktop are just fine. All of these bizzaro from factors are simply desperate gimmicks by the PC industry to try to save an industry that’s drastically shrinking primarily because simpler, cheaper, and more robust devices have come out that do most of what most users need to do with a PC, namely read email and surf the web. And none of those devices run Windows. And every last one of these gimmicky devices that DOES run Windows is going to fail.
People of the world have endured decades of victimization by Windows operating systems that have been bloated, buggy, balky, fragile and virus prone. Now people finally have alternatives, and none of these alternatives involve Microsoft products. Which is why Microsoft and their partners’ attempts to revive their fortunes by putting Windows on mobile (and bizarre) devices are doomed. People don’t WANT Windows on their mobile devices. They bought their mobile devices precisely because they were fleeing Windows.
funny I’m using an xps 12 and it fits in quite nicely.