Well. Let me tell you what I did. Bought the surface RT 64gb day one. Loved it! Fantastic device. But it wasn't what I needed. Now I have my Samsung Ativ Smart 500t tablet with and atom processor. The Samsung is what I needed. I am able to use visual studios and any other desktop application. It comes down to what you need. If you just want to browse the web, check email, music, netlfix, Hulu, video, some arcade style games then the RT will do fine. But If you want to do anymore than that get the full windows 8 tab. Keep in mind the atoms get comparable battery life to ARM based tablets(RT).