Windows 10/11 really make the surface line feel sub-premium IMO, but you’re absolutely right that the hardware is pretty fucken solid.
the type covers are pretty ass though, i’d pay good money for a surface keyboard that’s like 5x thicker and has actual real switches.
i put a 512gb drive in a thinkpad less than a decade ago and thought at the time “boy this might be overkill”
and now i can get 2tb on a fucking microsd for a cheaper data/cost ratio than i did back then, wild.