After doing more research I have decided to definitely go down the windows 8 tablet path.
At the moment I am looking at the following tablets/hybrids.
Tablet (Less $$) 1. Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 2. Dell Latitude 10 3. Asus VivoTab Smart
Hybrid (More $$) 1. Asus VivoTab 2. HP Envy X2
At the moment I am leaning more towards the straight tablets (feel free to change my mind). LisaG is it possible for you to provide some of the major differences in the devices from a user standpoint.