A year later and in retrospect I would say that I do regret purchasing the Surface 2. So much of the hardware I did and do like but with out any decent software it is just annoying to use. Microsoft's inability to keep it stable (for the longest time I had problems when waking from sleep. I would have to do a restart to be able to use it. I finally just completely turned it off after each use. Since the last update this seems to have been corrected....we will see.) What I find even worse however is the god awful quality of the metro apps that are in the app store. Half the available apps are just a step up from a hello world program. Even the biggest name apps generally are lacking from their iOS or Android siblings. Yes, I knew this going in but thought a year later there would be much improvement. Unfortunately there really hasn't been any improvement. To make matters even worse is the fact that the RT platform just seems and feels dead in the water. No road map that I know of at least has been issued from Microsoft as to what I can expect anytime soon for my Surface 2. Is this it? If what I have is all that it will be then I am very disappointed that I wasted so much money purchasing this device.
Nope, I don't regret my purchase of a firesale Surface RT and then trading it in for a Surface 2... and trading THAT in for a 11" Macbook Air.
I saw the Surface RT as the Zune tablet that us Zune fans were hoping for. And initially, it looked like it was going to live up to that. But Microsoft's inability to provide a stable ownership experience (monthly updates broke as many things as it fixed) added to the frustration of a lack of quality Modern UI apps.
I wanted to give the RT-platform a fair-shake so I traded the RT in for the lighter, faster Surface 2. Performance was snappy and a pleasure to use. But the stability issue raised its ugly head again, and the app situation remained virtually unchanged.
The frustration was magnified by the potential that the Surface had (with full USB, display port, etc.) but remained untapped due to the lack of apps.
all in all, I'm probably out a net of $300 for 9+ months ownership of Surface RT-based devices. A fair price to pay to experiment with some unique devices. That experience has equipped me to be able to better discern between Microsoft's marketing hype and reality when looking at future Surface devices.
This has been my experiences with the Surface RT/2...and it does not invalidate user experiences that were more positive.