Personal Review of Surface Pro 2

[Tgrey]

As I know all office is same, just depends on what product key you put? if you put pro key, it will be pro

 

[jnjroach]

Nope, they have different SKUs, there is a VL version, an O365 version and retail each ISO is different. Retail works that way with the exception you need Retail Keys.

 

[N.G.]

Can you tell if the wifi is any better?

 

[mitchellvii]

Picked up the new backlit type cover today. Major improvement over the first version. First of all, it's quiet. The first version was like a jack-hammer. Second the backlight is oh so nice. When I wake up at 5 am and want to check the morning news it will be great to be able to see the keyboard. At $129 still wildly overpriced but oh well, had $30 worth of free MyBestBuy bucks I needed to spend so my real cost was just $99 which is what it should cost

I tried the touch keyboard but I felt like I really needed to pound the keys to make them register.

 

[jnjroach]

Can you tell if the wifi is any better?

WiFi so far is really good....

 

[mitchellvii]

The best thing about the new type keyboard is that it makes the Surface Pro look and feel more like a real ultrabook than just a tablet with a toy keyboard.

 

[CrippsCorner]

It has Office 2013 Standard, which you can run and add your key, I needed Pro Plus that would activate against my KMS Server. I'm running the 256/8 Version.

Brilliant I did not know this! Perhaps time to wave goodbye to OpenOffice... which is a great product but there is differences in formatting when constantly switching between Writer and Word.

 

[MoggSquad]

I do not own one, but every article I have read says Office is sold separately for Pro 2. It must be a trial version.

Brilliant I did not know this! Perhaps time to wave goodbye to OpenOffice... which is a great product but there is differences in formatting when constantly switching between Writer and Word.

 

[oion]

The Office pre-installed with the Pro line is definitely trial. You must buy the license key separately (or your company supplies an umbrella license).

 

[CrippsCorner]

Oh, I see. That's a shame, just business as usual then... OpenOffice for me!

 

[Tsurugaya]

The Office pre-installed with the Pro line is definitely trial. You must buy the license key separately (or your company supplies an umbrella license).

I received a voucher in my box with a key to register Office 2013.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Wow, really!? First time I've heard of that. Was this with Surface Pro or Surface Pro 2?