I like the guts it takes to run full force into the Apple/Design Industrial Complex. MS is getting serious about hardware! I’m glad because competition can only improve some of the clunky legacy elements of Wacom, Adobe, Apple et al.
I love the knob idea. It reminds me of Alias marking menus, but in a physical sense. When I’ve used a Wacom, I felt that getting the arm-to-hardware angle that I want was harder than it needed to be. This makes it look easy. I like the color dial too. Plus, it’s a Windows box. If I were to start a business tomorrow, I might buy these for the design team so that I don’t have the graphics Mac v. CAD MS divide.
Having said all that, yes, we have to wait for some reviews to know if MS sweat the details…and that is where the devil lives!