I think you misinterpreted what I tried to write, to me it feels the article is written more from the perspective of someone who hasn't actually worked with tablet based MS product...
The article above is a bit like someone saying that they have settled for driving between, say, Paris and London, despite the time commitment and other inconveniences. All while never having tried or even considered flying between the two. The goal here is to get from London to Paris, the goal in the article is to find a produce that best suits their workflow.
I don't get how you can make this claim when they actually talk about Microsoft products specifically in the article:
> In the past, I've written about how devices like Surface Go are the perfect venn diagram of productivity and portability—and remain convinced that Microsoft's approach is the right one, allowing a tiny tablet to do run full desktop apps.
> But, what Microsoft still doesn't have is a good enough dedicated tablet software story yet: Surface Go is one of my favorite devices in years, but its problem is a lack of tablet-mode apps worth using. If it had better battery life, that might be worth the compromise in the opposite direction, but that'll need to be addressed in future revisions.