For me, the Surface Pro felt too heavy as a tablet. If I had a need for a laptop, I may have kept it, but right now, I don't need a laptop -- my MacBook Air has been parked on a desk for more than a year, basically being a desktop.
For just a tablet, yes it can get heavy... I like it because it serves multiple purposes to me.
At this point, if I wanted just a tablet...it'd be the iPad.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the iPad pro comes out, if people will think its too heavy. I never really understood this anyway, the SP3 has a larger screen and kickstand, I'd expect it to be a bit heavier. We won't even get into the difference in functionality. IPad or SP3 though, the weight of my arms was more tiring than either tablet.
It will be interesting to compare the iPad pro though, and of course to see what the surface pro 4 brings.
Alternatively you could compare the regular non pro surface 3 which has a smaller screen and is lighter.
Given what you've said, I am puzzled as to why you think "MS go that thing right".
I stand by my conclusion that the Surface line makes a fine ultrabook but a poor tablet. With the current state of Windows 10 on tablets and 2-in-1 hybrids (like the Surface, Acer Aspire Switch, etc.) the situation is even worse.
"Getting it right" would be being able to function as expected as a tablet and as a notebook without the need to qualify it (as in, "works well considering it is a multipurpose device"). Granted, the definition of "as expected" is highly subjective, but for those who have expectations for tablet use are so low that a Surface "works great as a tablet" then the Surface is way overpriced and an iPad is overkill. A cheap sub-$100 Android tablet would meet those needs just as well.
I think we will always disagree here, but I agree that MS got this right 100%. It's a far superior tablet than the iPad, although that's not the comparison that MS meant to make. Still it trounces the iPad as a tablet. The only thing I hear people bring up is the weight (what do you hold your tablet at arms end for hours a time?!?!) and the app store, which I could care less about watered down apps when I have the real thing. No, the iPad is the "poor tablet" by far. My expectations for tablet use are VERY high, I'd say sky high and the SP3 comes pretty close to satisfying them.
But that's an aside, the real comparison is to a laptop. This is so highly subjective. Do you need a great keyboard? Great then the MacBook is for you. Do you need a touch screen while you use your sp3 like a laptop? Great then that's the way to go.
But no one will ever convince me that MS didn't build something absolutely phenomenal. I have 2 4k screens set up at work on mySP3 dock, so I walk in and plop my SP3 into the dock and it's a full computer, and I mean a FULL computer, it runs ANY program I throw at it. I can have a real keyboard and mouse that blows away the one on the MacBook. (BTW the MacBook air keyboard sucks almost as badly as the SP3 one, although I find the SP3 one to be quite good). I leave my SP3 as my 3rd screen and it's so cool to leave emails on it, and be able to finger scroll through them. Or leave file explorer open and finger scroll and file I need.
