<p>Someday, the Surface Pro will deservea spot in a technology museum. Nearly four decades afterMicrosoft was founded, it has finally delivered its first full-fledged, honest-to-God personal computer.</p><p>And it's all right, with an innovative if occasionallyimpractical design, solid construction and a bright, beautifulscreen that fulfills the company's stated goal of providing ashowcase for its Windows 8 operating system.</p><p>It's just that the Surface Pro, which goes on sale Feb. 9,wants to be more. With its tablet form factor, detachablekeyboard and touch screen, it wants to be an iPad too. And itjust isn't.</p><p>Sure it has flash memory, like an iPad, and a store whereyou can choose and download applications, like an iPad.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/microsoft-makes-real-pc-that-s-no-ipad-rich-jaroslovsky.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324900204578285963270503862.html">Surface Pro: Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight</a> (Wall Street Journal)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dbaSeHp2D3mmw0Mbzv_AZod4IvqLM&ned=us">181 additional articles.</a></p>