Questions about the Microsoft surface?

[john k]

Is it worth buying for a college student? There still isn't enough apps for it? Is it slow like I've heard? How is the note taking on it if I want to be able o write instead of type? Should I get the samsung galaxy note 10.1 instead?

[Sriram Srinivasan]

Microsoft Surface is great. There are good no. of apps in the marketplace, but the number is very far from those of android and ios. I use windows phone and I'm a gamer too. The apps and games that I find is quite good.
The interface is much smoother than android.
The let downs that I could say is that It requires constant internet connection, otherwise you'd be bored and the UI is not highly customisable.

It has some great and unique stuffs that android and ios cannot offer. Like the hand gesturesand UI experience.

[Spieler]

no its not slow
get the Microsoft surface RT
it really is an amazing tablet
it has a 10.6" screen with very good and high resolution
colors look clear and sharp on it
the tablet build quality is amazing
it feels perfect and its made from solid materials
the os on the tablet which is windows 8 is also amazing
its fast and fluid and also simple and easy to use
its made with touch in mind
the web browser is extremely good its fast and pages load up quickly
and it supports flash which is a huge plus and which is something that is lacking on most android tablets and all ios tablets
battery life is very good and would easily get you through more than 10 hours of heavy use
you can download apps from the windows marketplace which has many high quality apps
thousands of apps are being added everyday
more than 2000apps were added in less than 2 days
it does have more than 25000 apps now and like I said it will keep on increasing
it has dual cameras and both of them take amazing photos and videos
it has deep social network integration(skype,facebook,twitter,linkedin… and so on)
you also get Microsoft office 2013 for free on it
and if you get the keyboard and attach it to it you'll have a laptop
overall the surface is an amazing tablet and you should get it
hope i helped
tell me if you decided to
and if you got any question or need any help you can email me at spieleranswers@outlook.com

[Doug k]

The Surface is a pretty solid device. It isn't slow and is more than adequate for a college student. The device comes with enough apps installed to handle what most people use a PC for, and the app store is growing every day. Netflix, Hulu Plus, Google Search (and GMail, Calendar, etc) are also there.

It comes with MS Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which will be updated to the full version as one of your first updates once you hook it up to the Internet. That alone makes it worth while for a student with papers to prepare, presentations to make, etc.

The comparison would certainly not be Surface or Galaxy 10.1. It would be Surface VS Ultra book or something. I personally prefer Surface. BTW... get it with the touch keyboard if you are going to be typing a lot.