Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 hit retail stores today so you can try and buy the device. Like the prior Surface models, this one is marketed as a 2-in-1 device. “It’s a tablet that can replace your laptop,” according to the company. That means, as with any other hybrid design, that compromises are made by definition. You can’t turn a car into a truck-like utility vehicle, for example, without compromising on some of the car’s aspects. (Look up the Chevrolet El Camino if you doubt that.)

Yet with Surface Pro 3, Microsoft(s msft) has turned the compromises between a laptop and a tablet into a strength, finally recognizing its initial vision for the product. Put another way, it has taken user feedback into strong consideration and designed perhaps the best and most powerful hybrid computer to date. I’ve used every Surface and Surface Pro model and so far, Surface Pro 3 is…