I am sad to read further evidence that Microsoft will no longer provide a reasonably priced Surface tablet. As I have written before, I use the Surface 3 every day as my work notebook. The pairing of the tablet, pen, and OneNote works perfectly for me, and I have not had the storage performance issues that Thurrott keeps harping on. 

Current viable alternatives are: HP Elite X2, Lenovo Miix 700, and Huawei MateBook, all that have 12-inch screens, which I consider a tad too large. An entry level Surface 4 Pro is currently available for $740 with a pen, but unlike the HP and Lenovo products the keyboard costs extra, as is the case with the Dell Latitude 11 5000 that starts at $749.