Can the Surface Pro 3 steal the MacBook Air’s crown?

"I am sure, Satya. I am sure that is the tablet that can replace the laptop."

Microsoft corporate vice president Panos Panay ended his marathon unveiling of the Surface Pro 3 by addressing his CEO, Satya Nadella. It seemed as if he was simultaneously pointing out that Nadella had helped create this vision and asking Nadella to have faith in the plan. Panay certainly wants to convince the rest of us to have faith — he had spent the last hour on the stage, extolling the virtues of the new tablet in a strident tone.

Before him, a sea of technology journalists (myself included) were reporting his words in real time — the large majority of them using MacBook Airs to do it. Panay had also just finished quoting the Macbook Air review Joanna...

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