I was looking for a new laptop since my old one was already failing on me. Although expensive, this surface pro was actually cheaper than searching on microsoft. the batter life is great and the touch screen does well. very comfortable to hold in tablet/laptop mode. My only issue is that it keeps on bugging at times but I searched up and i guess its an issue with all surface pros. By bugging it sometimes flashes black and then reappears as a normal screen. Again, I think this is an issue with all surface pros, but otherwise this was a great purchase.