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With a couple of tweaks I have WSL and Hyper-V on my Surface and I am super happy with this setup. I’m a switcher from MBP. Best of all worlds really, excellent hardware (screen/keyboard/battery-wise), runs anything I need. Can’t see myself going back to Mac. Nor attempting to do Real Work on Android!

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Why did you buy a tablet to run WSL and Hyper-V, instead of a traditional laptop?

A Surface is a traditional laptop, just one with a removable keyboard which is handy for various scenarios. Basically it’s a laptop and tablet in one and covers the use cases of both. If I need serious power I push that workload up to Azure.

Hmm, are you perhaps referring to the Surface Book? The Surface requires a stand even with the keyboard attached, making it awkward to use in your lap, etc.

There is also now the Surface laptop (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-laptop-1st-gen/90f...)

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