I'm a digital artist . I was looking for the XP-Pen Artist 12 Pro display drawing tablet which is 11.6 inches so it's smaller. My workspace is quite comfy and I have my couch right next to my desk so I could always take the tablet and draw while watching TV. The thing that I like about the iPad/surface pro though is that I can leave the house easily with them.
In my opnion the iPad Pro is a lot better to draw on than the surface because you get the higher refresh rate(120hz) which results in lower input lag when drawing. Also the apple pencil supports a wider range of pressure sensitivity.
New face tiles from this era have a lot of disadvantages because they are trying to implement that can’t be used as a detailed design, but I found bamboo ink and adonite ink to be better. The donut ink is smaller than the new face pencil, but I think it's the closest thing I've ever seen in my apple pen.