I have just had to decide whether to get a Surface Pro or HP Spectre X360 etc with a digitiser or to buy a normal laptop.
In the end I plumped for a normal laptop and I will get an small Intuos tablet to go with. I don’t like working directly on the screen as I prefer to be able to see the whole thing whilst working.
It was a tough call though. My other concern was longevity of the hinge. I’m sure they’ve been pretty well tested but the ones display models I looked at were not flush between the sides of the screen bit and the keyboard bit – they’d gone a bit wonky.
Not so much of a problem on a Surface say but I ultimately prefer a pure laptop style for ‘proper’work and th Intuos’ are just lovely to do graphics work on.
EDIT – I did get a touchscreen laptop though as that element is very useful. If you use one for any length of time you;ll find yourself trying to swipe around the screen of a non-touchscreen laptop all the time.