ⓔ Why I pre-ordered the first Ubuntu Tablet

Originally published at: http://eduk8.me/2016/03/preordered-first-ubuntu-tablet/
Pre-orders for first Ubuntu Tablet went on sale on Monday with a shipping date of mid-April. I hesitated for maybe 10 minutes before putting in an order for the high resolution model ($340). I ran Ubuntu for about 18 months before going back to OS X, so I’m already comfortable with the operating system, but why…