Microsoft's Surface Pro hits stores.

A new research says that those who work in information would prefer Microsoft Pro rather than an iPad. According to phone arena, among 9,766 "information workers." 33% of them responded Windows to Forrester Research, 26% picked the iPad, and only 12% would pick an Android tablet for work.

The Surface Pro runs a full version of Windows 8. It is 0.53-inches thick and weighs 2 pounds costing $899.

When it comes to battery life and storage capacity, the Surface Pro lasted 4 hours and 58 minutes, on PCMag's battery rundown test.

On the other hand, according to Slashgear, Panos Panay, a corporate vice president at Microsoft addressed the issue of storage space that has also been a source of complaints from some users. The larger 128GB version of the Surface Pro has 83GB of available space, while the 64GB version only has 23GB available. According to Panay, this was necessary. Those who need more space can use a micro SD card for more space.

According to PCMag, "With that, we wanted to be the best notebook/laptop product in its class, but still deliver you the tablet form factor. This product is optimized in every way to take advantage of the full third generation Core i5 it runs, yet give the best battery life," said Panay, in an interview. "If you compare it to say a MacBook Air, you will quickly see that pound for pound in battery size vs. battery life, you will find optimizations that puts Surface best in its class."

The Surface Pro, a new category, is an important idea, and it will be the right machine for many people. According to Microsoft, it designed the Surface Pro so that it "did not compromise speed performance in any way."

According to New York Times, the Surface Pro strikes a spot on the size, weight, speed, and software spectrum that no machine has ever struck.