Microsoft Surface "a worthy option in mobile computing"

That was the one feature that piqued my interest, but I get the impression that Microsoft isn’t exactly going out of their way to woo the artist market. The few artist-centric reviews I’ve read make it sound like it took some tweaking with system settings just to get the thing ready to use as an artist’s tool.

What I really want is something with the graphic processing power of a full-fledged PC, a Wacom-style stylus with palm rejection, and an OS and some illustration apps that were designed from the ground up to be used with a tablet. (And ideally cheaper than the one Wacom is currently selling.)