in between, kind of hybrid things are a staple in a lot of people s houses. arthel: plenty americans love these and many are so running windows operating systems. how is the latest version holding up and are the newest devices, those thingies worth the investment? consumer reports puts them to the test in this latest issue of shop smart magazine. joining us with the results, carol, the associate web editor for shop smart and consumer reports on-line. hi. hi. rick: thanks for coming in. good to be back. rick: let me start, cause i misspoke in the tease. i called this a laptop. this is not a laptop. what is this? and i guess it s more of a tablet, right? that s the microsoft surface tablet. it s microsoft s very own tablet that s running its new operation system, windows 8, on the tablet called windows rt. and this is the big revolution in this windows 8 operating system is that it looks like a tablet, interface not only on the tablet, but also on the laptop and the desk