Microsoft Surface Pro 3 8GB/256GB - PS2-00001

I started down this path looking for a "cheap" windows tablet that would be my coffee table computer. I first purchased a very low cost ASUS Transformer Book, thinking wow a tablet windows PC for under $300. Well I had to return not one, but two of those low cost puppies because of build quality problems (power on one and touch pad on second). So then I decided to look at a higher end windows device, since I don't use iProducts and needed a decent tablet/laptop.I soon discovered the Surface Pro 3 and convinced myself that perhaps you do get what you pay for...but I was skeptical about a Microsoft hardware design. After playing with this PC for over two weeks now, I can give it a big thumbs up. Everything about it has exceeded my expectations. It's lightning fast and I'm running some very CPU intensive software (Photoshop, Capture NX2, MediaPro). My need isn't just to web surf or read a book...I need a real computer that can crunch on the bits using real software. Plus the touch screen is incredible...so good that I'm now noticing web pages that have low res graphics that I never noticed before.If you are looking for a windows device that can be both a tablet and a laptop, look no further the Surface Pro 3 is it. It's light, it's fast, it's the perfect size for a coffee table PC that can be either a tablet or a laptop and the battery life is better than any laptop I have owned. If you only need to web browse or check in on social media, this computer is more than you need.And regarding my reluctance to consider a Microsoft hardware design, wow way to go MS! They hit a home run with this device. My only beef about it is that the Pro 3 Type Cover/keyboard is a separate item that has to be purchased separately (a must have for this device). If I was a product mgr at Microsoft I would reconsider that decision...at least initially. They may not make as much profit by throwing in the Cover/Keyboard with the Surface Pro 3, but they just might lure those reluctant iProduct folks back into the PC fold with this new product offer.This is a great PC that has found a new home on my coffee table and has the horse power to get the work done! Plus it looks good to boot. I highly recommend it.

So here is my review after using the Surface Pro 3 for about a month now. I must say for me it was probably one of my best recent investments in my art. It is very lightweight and easy to lug around and use pretty efficiently every where I go. Couch, desk, outside and anywhere else I might have an idea to work on. I have not even touched paper since I got this. It is my sketchpad for my designing. The only flaw I have ran into is that it is a PC and has a few glitches like watching for viruses and stuff like that. I have not had any problems that were not fixable though so it is not an issue. I am actually very impressed with windows 8 running on this device, I know a lot of people did not like that OS. I think it is very fluid and easy to use once you take the time to learn it. The pen is absolutely fantastic and works well for drawing after you get used to it a little. If you are not using this thing for something like art or business it is big price tag and probably not needed. But if you can use it to its potential it is well worth the cost. All in all a very smart and elegant machine. Thanks

Now this is what I have been wanting for quite some time. It's an awesome tablet, and is a replacement for my laptop. I've put video editing software on it, and it performs beautifully. Still getting used to it, and since so many apps tend to 'take over the phone or computer', I don't use an app for a lot of stuff, but rather load it from the desktop, just like my regular computer, and it opens just as fast as if it were an app on the Metro screen. For instance, I hate the way Facebook wants to take over everything. I first loaded it via the app, but after looking at what it wanted to do, plus what it was demanding it have control of, live photo, video libraries, my contacts, etc., plus seeming to run even when it was in sleep mode, I deleted it. Then I went to the desktop mode, and load it by going to the Facebook website and using it as on my regular computer. Put a short cut on my desktop mode, and once I click it, it may take one second longer to load as the log in screen pops us, and I don't click to have it run all the time. When I click to exit, it's gone and not running in the background. Done a few other programs like that too. I can't stand the way apps want to have access to things that make no sense whatever.Perfect tablet and laptop combined. My wife has an iPad Air, and she cannot do nowhere near as much as I can with this Surface. She now wants to sell the iPad Air and get a Surface. Go Microsoft.For some that might think Microsoft is late to the tablet game, they were actually the first to come out with one. Ahead of its time back in 2001. My daughter-in-law had one via her work, but it didn't take off. Even back then the tablet that Microsoft made was good. Not like the ones today of course, but it was ahead of its time. Get this baby, you won't be disappointed, unless you just want a 'toy'.