Quick preface: I come from a “blended” family. Wife uses a Galaxy phone, I use and iPhone. I have an iPad and MacBook Air that I like and use at home. They will never replace my PC’s at work or at my home office. My wife’s Windows 8 Lenovo Yoga cost about the same as the MacBook air and outperforms the Mac. Specs, performance, touchscreen, speed, flexibility, usability, etc. The reason for this long winded intro? Windows 8 software and products are going to continue to gain an increasing market share in homes and in businesses. And unlike the Motley Fool, I am bullish on MSFT (at a good entry price).
We now have 5 Surface tablets for us and the kids, we all love them. One is a surface pro which I replaced my wife’s laptop with for Christmas!
You can get used surface RT’s on eBay for about $200 with a touchpad now that the new generation is out. They come with a OFFICE PRO 2013 built in for FREE - which includes Outlook!
The app store is decent, however, the browser is a fully functional Internet Explorer, so you can just go to the website if you can’t get an app for a particular site.
Lenovo ChiComs make a v good product.... I have a 17” laptop that runs flawless.