For me, the Surface RT is the best tablet on the market

I am studying electrical engineering at the master and therefore write daily reports or lecture. Had done this in the Bachelor with a laptop. This works well, no question. But only because the Office application to lug the whole thing?

Then I saw the advertisement for the Surface a year ago and have already said at the time:.. When that comes out, I must have it "In the meantime I had the tablet from Sony and also the Amazon for their own programs (home automation) were great but Unfortunately I lacked the Office programs. For serious writing were not suitable.

Then I've bought the Surface RT and I have to say: It does exactly what it is "a battery life of 8 - 10 hours to recharge in just under three hours, the preinstalled Office Home Student (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,.. OneNote) is everything I was accustomed to the PC. With Windows 8.1 there is also still Outlock with it. Almost everything you need as a student. Then even the Skydrive connection with 25 GB of memory and you are prepared for study. What I But here's Visio and Visual Studio is still missing. I hope Microsoft brings even for RT to market.

To feel I do not need much to say, is at least as high quality as the tablet from Apple. For me, the Surface feels somewhat Male "at.

Also very positive, I find the 32 GB of memory. In the Android or Apple competition you get only 16 GB in this price range. Windows 8.1 used by the 32 GB 6 GB. So there are 26 GB.

Of course, it also has its disadvantages. Probably the biggest is the AppStore. Who is accustomed Android is a very manageable find here. Of course, there are many important programs, unfortunately, not as good as in Android.
A further disadvantage is the lack of a reasonable Video Player. Have not been found which can be used to play MKV files reasonable. Maybe someone can help you here.

The pricing policy in view of the keyboard is very questionable. The Surface needs either the Touch Cover and Type Cover that. And that can be cost-MC with juicy 120 euros. 80 euros would have been justified in my opinion.

Conclusion
I would highly recommend any of the lot with the Office Works Tablet unrestricted. Priced at 330 euros (students just 300 euros) can not do much wrong. But as I said, it is a working tool.

Supplement 29.12.2013

The problem with the playback of MKV's I now dismounting. Just a Plex server and you can build all the videos (no matter what format and what resolution) play on the Surface. What's needed is not even ne app on the surface do so.