Many professionals who are seeking a portable device are considering Microsoft's Surface Pro as their chosen device. The major selling point of this tablet is that it includes its own keyboard, so that business people who are more comfortable typing on real keys can get their work done with a relative amount of ease.

But, is this selling point really enough to make the Surface more desirable than the iPad, which is decidedly all tablet, or an ultra?-portable customized laptop, which is easy to bring around but has the power of an entire operating system?

For Matt Baxter-Reynolds of ZDNet, the answer is no, but his reasoning is interesting. The Surface Pro and Surface RT are essentially laptops in reverse. For many years now, the laptop computer has had a similar look and feel, gaining capabilities and speedwhilemaintaining virtually the same design. The bottom of the device houses the mechanical components and lays a keyboard on top, while the cover is thinner and contains the screen.

The design of the Surface flips that idea. In order for the device to be able to work as a tablet, all of the mechanical components have to be containedbehind the screen, leaving the keyboard to be contained within the cover. The problem with this setup, he points out, is with the center of gravity of the device.

It's fairly difficult to use the Surface in "laptop mode" because the screen is not balanced. And even though it contains a kickstand to prop it up, the pitch can't be changed. Baxter-Reynolds makes the point that this design flaw still makes better tablets like the iPad and iPad mini, or custom laptops preferable for professional use.

Lucky for you, the experts at PortableOne can customize any laptop or tablet to your exact specifications, so you don't have to settle at all when it comes to technology.