Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2

[Sauber-C10]

Im looking to get a tablet device for college, i need office but i also want the ability to run visual studio for computer science, the thing that is swaying me is the price, the surface pro 2 is very expensive but it has windows 8.1 and while although the surface 2 only has windows RT it is cheaper, so which should i choose?

[CoolBeans]

Just get a Ultrabook something like a Lenovo U310

[Coombzy]

one of those really thin tablet/ultrabook hybrids will probably be better Dell and Lenovo are probably the most highly rated ones.

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/yoga/yoga-13/

http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-12-9q33/pd

[orangecat]

if you had to choose what one do you think you should go with... the answer should be obvious.

[DyGr00339]

I am buying surface 2 pro vs the surface 2 because pro has full windows

[HK6]

Im looking to get a tablet device for college, i need office but i also want the ability to run visual studio for computer science, the thing that is swaying me is the price, the surface pro 2 is very expensive but it has windows 8.1 and while although the surface 2 only has windows RT it is cheaper, so which should i choose?

If you want to run any x86 application (like Visual Studio) you can't be running Windows RT. So of the two, you would have to get a Surface Pro 2 to be able to run Visual Studio at all. That being said, I don't think an Ultrabook or a tablet is a wise choice to be doing programming on. I would suggest getting a mid to full size notebook. You should be able to get a fairly good one for the same price as a Surface Pro 2.

[Giddyguy]

If you want a surface device, it is better to put in the extra money and get the Pro version as it is more powerful and has more capabilities.