I would not go with intel 7th generation chips currently, they are overpriced and offer not sufficient gain to give them performance advantage over 6th generation CPUs that does not show just in laboratory numbers, but is also
visible to the user. Wait until 8th generaton, or buy 6th generation.
I also still tend to favour desktop PC over notebook, although my non-gaming stuff now all is run from notebook. That is only because space and plug concerns, I have not enough room to have two desktop PC set up. But repairing or maintaining a desktop always is cheaper, and leaves you easier options for upgrading and repairing. Also, typing at a desktop keyboard is much better than on a notebook.
The Surface line by Microsoft is haunted by hooks and issues, since beginning. Thats is what is to be read in non-pro Microsoft tech blogs and tech sites. Windows 10 did not make these things work more reliable, but added to their problems. Many W10 updates caused havoc for Surface users. The by now well documented battery issues did not make it any better.
Currently kind of a dispute is going on, on Microsoft's claimed numbers of Windows-platforms. It seems they are no good news for MS:
http://www.computerworld.com/article...-slowdown.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/right...e-2011-12?IR=T
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500 million Windows 7 licenses sold in the last two years. It's a safe bet that more than 80% of those licenses were sold on new PCs, which means there are at least 400 million active Windows 7 users today. (Some licenses might have been bought by corporations for upgrades, but not yet deployed.)
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Half a billion Windows users have gone amiss mysteriously, it seems:
https://www.askwoody.com/2016/the-my...windows-users/
To call PCs a "niche" now, is exaggerated, and will remain to be so for some more years to come. "Niche" to me sounds like something with a market share of 5% or less or so...