MicrosoftSurface Pro 2-in-1 Laptop/Tablet (2025), Windows 11 Copilot+ PC, 12" Touchscreen Display, Snapdragon X Plus (8 Core), 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage, PlatinumEPEAT

I recently bought a tablet, and it has turned out to be one of the best purchases I’ve made. It’s a wonderful device—efficient, lightweight, and incredibly easy to carry everywhere I go. Whether I’m working, reading, or simply browsing, it performs smoothly and saves me a significant amount of time. The portability makes it convenient for travel and daily use, and I find myself relying on it more than I expected. Overall, it’s both practical and enjoyable to use.

Excellent tablet at a great price. Has excellent battery life and strong functionality. Also looks sleek and beautiful.

Amazing device if you’re using Microsoft office suite

There is a lot to love about this device. It has an excellent build quality, the screen is gorgeous and bright enough for my tastes and the speakers are surprisingly good for a tablet in terms of both loudness and clarity. Having the built in “kick stand” is also useful to prop the screen up. It is fairly light but it is on the larger side for a tablet and someone with smaller hands may find typing with the on screen keyboard to be awkward and uncomfortable. Luckily, Microsoft had the good sense to implement a way to have the onscreen keyboard split itself in half to make it easier to reach for the keys when holding the device with both hands. Also, I consider this device to be a tablet because, unfortunately it does not include the keyboard that would make it a proper 2-in-1 out of the box. Microsoft is charging another $150 to make this device feature complete. I have yet to purchase the keyboard, so I won’t be commenting on this device’s use as a laptop.In terms of performance, it feels speedy. At times, apps feel slow to start which can be annoying at times but there’s no UI lag or hitching that I have noticed. It also runs fairly cool during normal use, although I noticed it got pretty toasting during a telehealth appointment and I’ve yet to try playing any games on it.Which brings us to software. This obviously runs Windows 11 which is both a blessing and a curse. You get the flexibility of a desktop operating system on a tablet. This is why Microsoft should have rethought including a keyboard because the tablet mode in Windows is laughably bad. The tablet mode gives you the virtual keyboard and some minor UI adjustments. And that’s it. You still have the same file explorer, frustratingly tiny UI elements and context menus and the notable absence of a virtual gamepad. Microsoft has clearly not put the effort into a proper tablet interface despite the Surface Pro being its flagship hardware.I do want to mention as a positive that this device has a Snapdragon CPU rather than an Intel or AMD processor. For anyone unaware, this means that it does not natively run x86 programs, however I did get the sense that Microsoft put a lot of work on the software side to allow x86 apps to operate by some sort of compatibility layer. This is seamless and I have yet to have any issues with an x86 app not operating but YMMV. Again, I have not tested games yet but this device is not designed with gaming in mind so don’t expect any miracles.I should mention that as part of my specific use case, I have been connecting a Roland FP-10 (an electric piano) to the tablet and learning to play using Piano Marvel via web browser. There does not appear to be any major latency causing the app to think that I am missing notes, which is good.And then there’s the Windows app store. The disparity in app offerings compared to Android and iOS remains and that may never improve, especially since more and more hardware partners who previously offered Windows tablets have given up and opted to make Android tablets instead. Microsoft has also recently ended support for running android apps through the Windows store so that possibility is now gone. The lack of apps and games leaves me wishing I had gotten a Pixel tablet – it certainly would be cheaper and provide a more diverse offering of touch optimized apps and games.So, while this is a great device my advice to anyone considering buying this is to consider their use case for this. If you plan to shell out another $150 to Microsoft to actually take advantage of this as convertible device or purchase the stylus accessory for computer art then this may be the device for you. If you are looking for just a tablet, make sure the apps you want to use exist in the Windows store or you’ll be left disappointed and wanting more.

I tried a chrome book - hated it because it would not instantly open word documents and it did not display my work they way I needed it to. I love this New Pro, it is fast, and I have all my files and programs that I am used to on a Microsoft platform.

Speedy, light and long battery life. Screen is great looking and 90hz is nice, can’t tell too much a difference from a 120hz screen. Responsive and so far works with my typical apps just fine. Wish it had removable storage like previous Surface Pro products so I had to fork out extra $$$ for the 512GB version, otherwise I’d get the 256gb and purchase ssd separately for a lot cheaper. Going to replace my Surface Pro X which is still great but this one is making it look a bit dated with screen refresh and WiFi speed. A bit pricey but worth it to me.

It's great improvement over other Surface products. My only wish is that it would have a built-in cellular connection (LTE).

It's a real competitor to the 11inch iPad Pro M4, it chugs along on most tasks. Photoshop and Lightroom also had a bit of a lag. I really wanted to keep this and I think I would be persuaded to get again if they added a tandem oled screen and kept it within the iPad price