The ugly duckling should have stayed ugly

I just received my new laptop this week. It's a tablet.

Being the type of person I am, the road to mobile computing was long, overdrawn and overthunk (If indeed there is such a thing.).

After much research into laptops and tablets, I had managed to narrow the field to two candidates.

One computer featured better industrial design, but lagged in performance tests.
The other computer was a bit clunky on the outside, but had better computing speeds.

In the lexicon of computer reviewers, one had better "form factor" while the other "offered great performance on benchmarking standards".

In other words, one was prettier, while the other one worked better. A sleeker case vs. a faster computer chip.

I've always been taught that it's what's on the inside that counts. I think I believe that. Or at least I've always hoped it was true. The question was, could I put theory into practice? Could I fight the inexorable draw towards a prettier product?

In the end, I got a different computer altogether. Ask me about it and I'll tell you why. But I'll say in complete honesty that in the end, I was going to commit to the better on the inside, not as pretty on the outside computer. That's gotta stand for something. Doesn't it?