Microsoft Surface Pro 2-in-1 Laptop/Tablet (2024), Windows 11 Copilot+ PC, 13" Touchscreen Display, Snapdragon X Plus (10 Core), 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage, Sapphire

I’m a bit torn about the Surface Pro 13. Overall, I enjoy the device—it's reliable and does what it’s supposed to do—but at this price point, the user experience should feel far more polished. There’s no real “wow” factor, and for a premium product, that’s noticeable. I’m using it with the Flex Keyboard and the Surface Slim Pen, and this is where things fall short. The stylus experience is decent, but nothing exceptional, and the pen and keyboard don’t always communicate well with each other. Connectivity feels inconsistent at times, which makes the workflow less smooth than it should be. There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with the tablet itself, but given the cost, you’d expect a much more seamless experience across the whole ecosystem. I like the device—it serves its purpose—but it doesn’t quite live up to the premium price tag.

Sleek and powerful. I chose for retirement and it is powerful enough to use for business should I do consulting!

This is my 3rd Surface. I only replaced my existing one because the battery no longer held a charge and it was so old (7 years) that it couldn't be upgraded to Windows 11, and a/o October, Microsoft no longer supports or provides updates to Windows 10. (That's virtually the same reason I replaced my original one as well. It was becoming obsolete). My only disappointment was when I found it did not have standard USB ports, but I ordered an adapter which is being delivered tomorrow. Problem quickly solved. Set up was extremely easy, completed by simply logging into my Microsoft account. I am thrilled with it, and this is probably the BEST Black Friday purchase I will make this year (taking advantage of Amazon's Black Friday "week").

I feel like a fool, I bought this Surface Pro on whim as I needed a new computer. I saw the ads on Amazon and I love AI to make my life easier so I was instantly sold. I didn't realize that the keyboard and pen were sold separately as the photos, videos on the Amazon listing are misleading as they all show the attached keyboard. I had to purchase the keyboard and pen separate and that was an additional $300 I wasn't planning on spending. Amazon should change the listing photo to show only the Surface Pro tablet without the keyboard and make more clear that the keyboard is separate. I have never used a Surface before so I had no idea. Here are my thoughts 24 hours into owning this computer/tablet: Pros: Sleek, elegant design. I absolutely love the blue color that I purchased, it's gorgeous. The screen resolution and colors are fantastic. I am a digital artist and it perfectly displays my artwork. The facial recognition and pin entry are so easy to set up and use, very similar to a phone so I really like that. The video camera for online meetings is very good quality and I like the blur background feature that is built in. Copilot is very useful and I can see it helping me in my business, setting reminders, giving me ideas, writing captions for social media and more. I'm a big ChatGPT fan so having copilot built in with the push of a button simplifies and makes my life easier. It's very quiet, no loud fan, doesn't over heat. The battery life is amazing, hours watching YouTube, videos with moderate to high brightness the battery is lasting all day! It's very portable and easy to carry around. And I enjoy it better than my work computer. The built in stand is nice and I was able to connect my mouse to it without issue via Bluetooth. The customization options and adding colors are super fun and my home screen looks beautiful. Cons: While I am big on AI and productivity, I still value my privacy and the fact that there isn't an optional camera from lense cover is very annoying. I bought one to add but I think it might mess with the facial recognition so yeah I guess I won't be walking around in my underwear in front of the computer lol. Second, the laptop froze yesterday when I tried to download Google Drive yesterday and I now understand that they are not compatible which by the way is a big miss. I do not want a Chromebook but I do want to use Google photos to backup my artwork and that is a defect that they are not compatible. But worse is that within less than 2 hours of having this laptop it froze and I had to manually restart, that is a huge red flag. I have been using it all day today and haven't had that issue to I'm hoping to write it off to the fact that things were still updating yesterday when this occured. I believe that for the money 512 GB of storage is absurdly low. The blue color was not available in 1 TB. My phone has more storage than that lol. The Cocreate option was an interesting selling point featuring AI art capability and on my gosh, what a joke that is. It's an add on to the paint app and the art or generates is very low quality, which I won't be using. They made a big deal out of this advertising in the video and on Microsoft's homepage but honestly it's ridiculous. I'm hoping I can use the pen for other things with the Surface. For now I'm still undecided if I will be keeping this machine. I'm going to use for a few more days and determine if it's worth the money of if I'm better off with a $400 laptop that will do everything that I need. I will update this review as I discover more pros and cons too.

I bought this to help me take handwritten notes for work as well as just having a tablet like device for casual browsing and usage. The handwriting recognition is excellent and integrates with OneNote perfectly. Whether keeping handwritten notes or later converting to text, this does the trick and makes them searchable (when converted to text). I haven't found it overheating nor lagging, but I am also not using it to play serious games or graphic intensive applications, so I can't speak to high end performance. For day to day it is great. The size is perfect as I don't want a full laptop nor a small notebook.