The Surface Pro 3 was absolutely crucial for me keeping organised through my last year of University. I would not hesitate to rmend it. n e - Or to rmend the newer Surface Pro 4 which is now available. italic But part of what made the Surface great was Microsoft OneNote which is part of Office. So I'll deal with that first. Going into a lecture I'd write with the pen (drawing mode not writing-to- mode). You can attach files of any kind to it and it syncs to the cloud. When I got back to the flat I'd up the notes. The end result looked like thisn I still use OneNote today it's fantastic for keeping organised. nOnto the Surface Pro 3. I appreciate you now have the iPad Pro and newer models which canpete with the new Surface Pro 4 but when I made my purchasing decision the Surface Pro 3 was the only decent solution. So I can't provide a side-by-sideparison if that's what you need. Prosn Fantastic screen resolution (216x144) aspect ratio (32) and display quality (IPS); Lightweight easy to carry around. It's the size of 2 sheets of A4 paper roughly. That's depth. It's the weight of about 175 sheets of A4. Just to help you get an appreciation of the dimensions;n Great handwriting recognition even for me as a left-hander; Came with Windows 8.1 installed the full OS which I have upgraded to Windows 1. No bloatware; Good hardware specs & battery life. Startup times are about 8 seconds from the on button to login screen. The battery lasts at least six hours if you are just working Windows 1 has a power saver mode too. I never needed to use the Pro more than six hours so I'm not sure exactly how long it lasts for; Magnetic charger which won't drag your Surface off a table if it gets yanked; Great for multimedia both picture and audio quality is impressive; Reliability - to date I have not had a single blue screen or system hang. For a Windows machine this is nothing short of a miracle.n nConsn No HDMI connectivity you have to use a mini DisplayPort connection; Only one USB port so you need to use a hub often; The pen sometimes developed a writing glitch so I'd have to unscrew the cap and screw it back on to reset it; You need to use 15% scaling otherwise things are too small - though I suppose this is natural given such a high resolution;n Some applications on Windows don't work well with scaling (though more obscure ones usually) installer screens can be a bit blurry;n The keyboard is awful for me. Though I do use a mechanical keyboard with my PC there's a big difference.