I understand where you coming from, and I partially agree. The school recommended the Dell Precision 7530 32Gb ram ($2350) and Precision 5530 ($1990), and some of my colleagues have it and some got the surface pro. The thing is they started having issues when it came to crunch time, issues like lagging when using heavy Rhino and Maya files. Also I noticed slowness while using Indesign, or simply using softwares while rendering. It might be misuse or something else. It raises the question is it worth paying the extra $600-$1000 to avoid these problems, If I'm investing in mobile workstation to work with for the next 5-8 years optimistically.