If Microsoft is able to sort out these various user interface woes, then I can imagine an 11-inch Surface Pro making waves throughout the tablet PC industry. As for a more compact Surface Laptop ...

Designed to provide a near PC-like user experience in a compact, tablet format, the Pad 7 is an impressive piece of hardware.

And for the price ($229.99+), the specs on this tablet are solid. It’s sleek, with a large and colorful 11-inch display, but it’s also less than half an inch thick and weighs less than a pound.