Microsoft Surface Pro 2-in-1 Laptop/Tablet (2025), Windows 11 Copilot+ PC, 12" Touchscreen Display, Snapdragon X Plus (8 Core), 16GB RAM, 256GB Storage, Platinum

I've owned previous MIcrosoft Surface Pros - the last one being a version 4 that lasted me 7 years. This version is a great upgrade. It's vast, has great battery life and with Windows 11 is just a great portable laptop replacement. To me the 12" screen very adequate and the separately sold keyboard functions great. I love the portability and battery life. I know a lot of people have switched from PC's to Macs but for me Windows works best for my needs.

I’ve been using the Microsoft Surface Pro (2025) for everyday work and entertainment, and overall I’m very satisfied with it. The device is lightweight, compact, and very well built. The 12" touchscreen is sharp and responsive, great both for productivity and media consumption. Performance is smooth for daily tasks like Excel, Word, web browsing, emails, and streaming. Battery life is solid and easily lasts a full working day with mixed use. With the keyboard and Slim Pen, the Surface Pro truly feels like a flexible 2-in-1 device: a tablet when you need portability and a laptop when you need to get real work done. The pen is accurate and comfortable for notes and light drawing. Windows 11 runs smoothly, and all updates install without issues. Overall, this is a great choice for anyone looking for a portable, modern Windows device for work, study, and everyday tasks. Highly recommended

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.

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.

This is a great laptop that works in a PC manner. Love it!!

Love it. Just what I needed for my last quarter of college Fast, slim, lightweight.

Buying this Surface is, without a doubt, rhe biggest mistake I have made in a long time. I got caught up in nationalistic pride and decided to buy American. I absolutely regret it. This computer has one of the worst operating systems I've ever used. It is confusing and not at all like any other Microsoft product. The tablet is laggy and extrememly slow. And it has the worst time connecting to my home wifi. I get error messages telling me the wifi is not available, yet my Samsung phone is sitting right next to me, easily connected. Following the "Get Help" option tells me to restart the wi-fi network adapter. This always takes between 5 and 10 minutes, and invariably results in the recommendation to restart my home router. However, if I do that, the TV is out and nobody else in the house can connect while the router reboots. Attempting to get help from customer support is an exercise in futility. I wind up trying random fixes in the settings menu in the hopes that something will change. I have reset this computer multiple times and it keeps doing the same things. I don't really even use the Surface anymore, and it sits around like an $800 paperweight. I have gone back to my Samsung tablet that costs a fourth of the price. The size and functionality of the Surface should be perfect, but the operation of this tablet is terrible. This has convinced me to not take a risk on any more American technical products. Congratulations, Microsoft. This is crap. I'm going back to put my trust in the Koreans and the Japanese. EDIT: I feel that i should update my issues with the Surface. Not only are the problems I listed above still ongoing, I now have actual safety concerns with this product. The battery or processor overheats in this tablet to an alarming degree. I literally thought I was going to burn my hand on it earlier today. I am worried that this could start a fire if I accidentally leave it on my couch or something. Microsoft is also very helpful regarding this issue: "This meets all manufacturing standards," and "let it cool down and don't touch it." This seems like an amazing way to deal with a terrible product, and not at all like a cop out. Again, thanks, Microsoft.

I did not have a Surface for a long time. Before this purchase I had a Surface 3 and a Surface Go 2. This Surface shows great improvement in its models. The batery is great and the keyboard (sold separatedly) works great. It fulfills my needs of working on my thesis on the go. It also helps me on my course planning. I am 100% satisfied with this product, 5/5.