Hello Folks,
Newb here with my comments. Bought a Surface Pro before fully investigating the RT, my bad for drinking the Pro koolaid. I bought the pro with the intentions of replacing my employer provided laptop, emails, presentations, lots of work related stuff. Of course I have Office 365 to supplement the Pro. After a few weeks I'll admit the Pro does everything I need to do for my work in form, fit and function.
Last week I bought a 64gb RT, which also meets 100% of work related requirements but does it in a thinner, lighter package with much better battery life. Here's where the rubber meets the road, my personal usage. I drank the Jobs koolaid and have been an iPad user since day#1, still carry my unlimited data plan through AT&T. My iPad takes care of emails, web surfing,
eBay chores, etc. in fine fashion and I still get 9/10 hours of battery life in a thin format device. It goes pretty much everywhere I go and is extremely dependable. I upgraded to iPad 3 to get 4g/lte. The iPad supplements my employer supplied iPhone and laptop, works great for presentations to customers but I don't relish the thoughts of creating PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets or large word documents on the iPad. Both the RT and Pro are capable of these feats without breaking a sweat.
In the end, wish I had bought the RT first, easy to read with while lying in bed (not so much with the pro) and duplicates my employer supplied laptop. Our corporate IT has limited support for iPad (over 200 issued to field sales) but has no inclination to take on another device. I'm on my own but so far am content that I could do my job with the RT while still enjoying it in my personal life. Recently installed Kindle for RT and reading is as good as the iPad.
Lets talk about apps- when iPad appeared it had only iPhone apps and anything useful for work and play was still a dot on the horizon. I lived through that without any issues. I see the RT in much the same light, apps will come. Maybe they won't be as plentiful as iOS apps but really, how many apps does one person need or use?
Games? Not so much. I'm a console gamer (Xbox 360) and halo is growing less attractive with each release. So I will refrain from gaming comments on RT or Pro. Did I mention that I am 64? Not many old farts still around who began life with 4k TRS80's and basic.
I guess in a nutshell the RT is a fairly good laptop replacement while the Pro is an excellent laptop or desktop replacement. I'll probably sell the Pro soon and keep the RT for business travels.
Just my 2 cents worth......
Nick