That's awesome to hear. I've played with the Surface on Alaska flights back when they would hand them out, and it was nice enough to watch movies on.
I've since gone multiple years without an apple ipad. I would like to get something relatively inexpensive to read comics. I always thought like you did a few years ago that the iOS offerings were the best options out there.
That said, you think I should look in the Surface instead of an iPad mini?
I think the biggest selling point for me, is that I like to play pinball, and read comics on it.