Surface Pro vs RT

[headmonkeyboy]

Go Pro. You`ll get the full version of windows, so it`ll be exactly like getting a laptop.

 

[BLKahuna]

I think there are two reasons I'll probably go Pro. I assume, the Pro running a full version of Win8 Pro, can be joined to a domain. As such, I have access to my file server docs/photos/movies/etc.

As well, the Surface will be used by my whole family and so each person can have their own profile and can lock their session like we currently do on our Win7 Pro laptop. One of the things that makes an iPad and its ilk useless to me is that I can't put my email credentials or other personal things in without opening that access up to anyone who is using the tablet.

 

[HeyCori]

Word on the street is that Word RT will be trimmed by a few features.

Microsoft Office RT may lack macros, add-ins, other features -- Engadget

 

[kylej1050]

For your decision the question of "Horsepower" is almost irrelevant.

I'm most concerned about gaming performance. Not much else I would do on the tablet require anything hardcore. Be nice to have a metro app to program my Launchpad but I've got a computer at work and a computer at home that 'could' do that if I sold my laptop to fund the tablet.