The Surface Pro's are not at all over priced compared to the rest on the market.
iPad's are over priced. WAAAAyyyyy over priced. Talk about a rip off.
Surface Pro is full featured, with i5 or i7 Processors and SSD drives and 4G of Ram
The Surface Pro comes with a Digitizer Pen. Not many, or practically none others do. And it works great.
Pressure Sensitivity is really nice if you are into painting and drawing, among other things.
With being able to install any software you want? Yeah, worth it.
You get a lot for what you pay for. These are not cheap Tablets by any means, for a reason.
Hmm,, The first Gen Surface Pro's got a bit cheaper... so,, there you go,, they were still worth the $1000 I paid for mine.
Surface Pro Tablet Powered by Windows 8 - Microsoft Store - Microsoft Store
Worth every penny.
You have to keep in mind that these are First Gen and now 2nd Gen devices. They have to make some money back for the R&D work they put into them. As with anything, they will get cheaper over time, but you can't expect (well you can, but you would be wrong) them to be cheap as you want.