Microsoft Surface on the road

Is the Surface good for business use?

So, I've taken my Surface out for a road trip which is a business meeting involving showing some emails, pdfs and PowerPoint files to the founder of the company.

I felt clever as I flipped out the stand and placed my Surface on the table. "Wow, that's a neat stand" he remarked as his legless iPad lay flat next to him.

Business commences and there's no more talk of the tech. So how was it?

Good

• Showing Excel and making notes as we went along was easier than on a laptop
• Using swipe gestures to switch between email, PPT, Excel, PDF instead of ALT + TAB
• Smooth and fast
• Good viewing angles and clear enough for both of use to see
• No battery anxiety, so much so that I left the charger at home!

Not so good

• I would have brought my external mouse for Excel edits as I'm finding the Touch Cover clumsy and not as responsive as I'd like - plus I could input without moving the tablet
• Same for my wireless keyboard for Excel edits
• Typing this post on the touch keyboard and still haven't mastered it, slow going

Conclusion
I was able to do everything I needed without too much pain and much preferred bringing the Surface to lugging a laptop about. I still need to learn the best ways to use the device input wise. Do I get a Type keyboard? Carry a rollup wireless one plus a mouse? Depend more on the touch screen?

I have to say that it's really light compared even to 'ultra' and netbooks. You really don't feel you're lugging around such a capable device. Seven hours into the day on 5/8ths brightness and still 38% battery left.

Further updates as I continue to use it.