I'm fairly impressed by the Surface RT. I assumed it was going to be a piece of garbage compared to the Surface pro, but reviews since it launched got me considering picking one up until more windows 8 hybrids become available. Ultimately decided against it, but it seems quite a lot more functional as a travel meets productivity machine than my mom's ipad does.
Why are most of the people I know who carry ipads around religiously over 55? I mean, there was a woman at my wedding holding up an ipad to take photos -- hello, your smart phone probably has a better camera than that. (never mind what it did to my professional photos -- stupid black I pad always in front of my guest's face, or blocking other guests faces. My husband thinks wedding photos with guests holding up ipads will be like a kind of carbon dating fifty years from now... I say why wait.)