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Question: Is MS Office (Outlook, Word, and Access) Permanently free?  In other words, is there a yearly fee for MS office as with the IPAD or other tablets?
Document: I have had my 64GB Surface 2 with type cover for a few weeks and I LOVE IT! I used my laptop primarily for work using MS Office products, email, and web access as my main functions. This Surface 2 will do all that and give me much of the functionality of my Windows smart phone in one place. It is very lightweight, very easy to use, nice size for work and personal use.
(One drawback is that there is no way to charge the keyboard separately while carrying the tablet around. The keyboard has to be attached to the tablet in order to charge. )Included with the tablet is a full version of Office 2013 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. This allows you to do &#34;real work&#34; if your work involves using any of these applications.
That's 2 of the things most people want from a tablet right there.And there is something new to Windows RT 8.1, you now get Outlook, the full featured version not just the Mail app, included for "free." This is a bonus as not all business based email systems wanted to work well with the Mail App.Something else that is included, so in theory a $220 value added to the Surface, is Office 2013 Home and Business.
If I could give my tablet six stars, I would. This is my first tablet purchase, after weeks of researching this particular one. The limitations of the RT operating system is to be expected, so no complaints; the tablet does what I need it to do, and that's important to me. The free bundles of MS Office and unlimited Skype calls are a refreshing bonus. Won't get into the tech details, but it is a powerhouse by comparison.
This is awesome. No other tablet has anything comparable. Fully functional versions of Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Onenote.3) A micro SD slot for expansion of primary storage. Up to 64gb additional storage. Ipads don't have this, and with androids some do and some don't. Very useful and welcome.4) A mini HD port, so you can output the display directly to a tv or monitor.
You don&#8217;t need stupid Apps. The websites just work.-Both keyboards are a great addition-Battery life is very good-RT is compatible with Smart Card readers and DoD Common Access card PKI software.-Skydrive integration with 200 gig free for 2 yeas-MicroSD Card reader-Integration with Windows 8 PCsCons-Microsoft&#8217;s poor marketing and the biased reviews who try to tell people RT should run x86.
It's incredibly nice to have your email open right next to Facebook, or your browser right next to MS Word. It just makes things so much faster and more fluid. That being said, not all apps seem to take kindly to this yet, and it takes a little while to get a feel for the maximum amount you can change the proportion between apps before one of the leaves the screen by accident.
Forget about any other cloud drives, they are not supported at all and are difficult to use on Surface. I like Sky Drive and they give you 7 gb free forever. If you are considering this tablet, you NEED to love and use Skydiver. (The spell checker will not allow you put sky and drive together in one word. )The camera app does not support document scanning or making deposits with banking apps. The fixed lens focus is set too far away so documents are too blurry.
Don't get me wrong, some apps just don't have a website equivalent, and thus you won't get to play with it. Period. But for the most part, the major things you want can be access through IE. On the flip side, you do have some things that other platforms don't have, such as Halo: Spartan Assault, the aforementioned Office suite, and some killer tools like great integration of Xbox 360 and Skydrive services.
I was struggling between Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 and finally pulled the trigger on Surface 2. My initial reason for choosing the Surface 2 was price. I knew I wanted a Windows device but paying north of $1,200 for Surface 2 Pro with 128GB and keyboard was too risky. What if didn't like it? What if it ended up collecting dust?For my needs, Surface 2 is perfect. This device comes preinstalled with a "touch enabled" Microsoft Office which includes Outlook.
Answer: for the surface two it is free forever .not so on the surface pro. is there is no annual subscription fee.