I am going to jump on the touch hate bandwagon but more specifically I think it’s odd in the format they designed. I think the MSFT surface is brilliant because you can fold it down into an iPad like device which can be great for travel and other non-desk uses.

Touch while still being a normal laptop does feel odd. I would be curious who wants touch in this form factor.

NFL announcers called the Surface tablets the teams were using "iPad-like devices": https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-nfl-surface-ipads-...