<p>I've had my Surface RT, Microsoft's tablet that runs Windows 8, since Christmas. It's mostly there. Like 90 percent. The kickstand is genius. The swiping gestures to switch between apps is superior to iOS. The Metro design feels fresh and modern. I am sometimes inspired to break into dance when snapping the keyboard and the tablet together, like the dancers in the TV ads directed by Jon Chu.</p><p>But the Surface RT software has issues. Not enough for me to return it, but big enough so that two weeks ago, I went to the Apple store in U. Village and bought a MacBook Air.</p><p>This is a really big deal for me. With the exception of the Commodore VIC20 we plugged into our living room television, I've been a PC user my entire life. I reported on Microsoft for the business section for three years, so I was lucky enough to get in-depth tours of Microsoft software from people who built it. And like many people who live here, I like to shop local.</p><p>Microsoft reporter Janet Tu wrote in a Seattle Times news story Wednesday that Windows 8 users will get a free update in Windows 8.1, code named Blue will</p><p><a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/15/windows-8-1-blue-surface-rt-problems/">Keep reading...</a></p>